Tame leech
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The graveyard was as miserable a sight as always. During the epidemic, it had been a hot-spot for the type of beasts McCullum felt his fingers itch to strike down. Now, it was empty. The monsters left in London nowadays were smarter things, capable of hiding, of stalking, of thought. They knew better than to stick around a place like this, especially now that the Guard were back in their usual numbers.
But there was one not so wise beast, and it was as much waiting for McCullum as McCullum had been waiting to catch sight of it, as he strolled in-between the graves of the long forgotten and no-longer grieved.
There were a few minutes in which McCullum did not approach the figure up ahead on the stone path. The doctor stood shrouded in shadow- though that wasn’t quite right. Shrouded implied that the man was capable of being hidden by them, rather than being a part of them. It was a difficult distinction to make, but McCullum was trained in spotting the differences.
Dr. Reid was not shrouded by the shadows, no. He was dressed in them.Series
- Part 1 of Tame leech
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“You do not scare me, McCullum.” Reid said quietly. “I’m sure that this is a new concept for you, to not be feared. To be seen as something… harmless.”
McCullum’s breath caught. He tried to not seem affected.
“Harmless might be a bit of a stretch. I’ve nearly had you killed before”
“And yet I won.”
Neither blinked, gazes locked. The scent of blood cloying around them.A restless night. Another encounter. Further revelations. The road to acceptance is a hard one.
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- Part 2 of Tame leech
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Something is leaving dead animals outside McCullum's doorstep every night, and he knows it isn't his cat.
Cue maddening frustration, anger, and a new development between McCullum and the absolute bane of his existence; one Doctor Jonathan Reid.Series
- Part 3 of Tame leech