#275 “The Morning After”
Tweet tweet tweet tweet! Damn birds!!
Seriously though, welcome to Chapter 5! It begins simple enough, but will turn into quite the complicated mess by the end! By my estimation it won’t take nearly as long as the last chapter either as it really moves once it gets going!
I hope you enjoy the ride! 💘
Aw, they spent the entire night in each others arms. So sweet.
New Year, New Page, New Chapter begins… right now.🎉🎆🎊
Yes! Absolutely! With the new year comes a new chapter!
Something tells me Shadow won’t want to be rushing to get home following the end of last chapter.
Side Note: On a scale of 1 to 10, how big of a mess will this be?
Like…. a 10.
Almost surprised you didn’t say 11.
If it really is a 10, I bet the agents that kidnapped Anna will be a part of it, huh?
Doubt they know about Shadow.
But they do know about Nox and her species since they had an aegis with them. That is why they captured Anna.
TIM
Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day.
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear.
Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate tree.
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
SHADOW
It was the lark, the herald of the morn,
No nightingale. Look, love, what envious streaks
Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
Nights candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
This actually does raise a question that embarrassingly never occurred to me: What happens to her kind during the day? Does she burn like a vampire? I guess we are about to find out.
Nah, she’s been seen in the daylight before (in the future!) so she’ll be just fine in THAT regard!
They seem to have natural night vision, live in mild artificial lighting, and visit the humans only at night. So, probably severe discomfort early on?
“…for a very important date.” Maybe, what with Terminus somewhere out there.
Yes, she does have something important to do today!
im worried about moonlight’s anger when shadow runs into her, this is so not going to end well
So am I. The question is: what is the penalty for fraternizing with humans?
Seeing as Tim is not really human, absolutely nothing.
Good Day, I have been reading this for years now (about when you started) and I thoroughly have enjoyed this story. I finally decided years later to sign up and become part of this “brand.” I just hope that it moves along as well at it did in the begining. Shane, I would figure since you started from the end of this story, that you have your “circle -storyboard” already completed and all you have to do is add detail and images at this point. This is the best NSFW story I have seen out there so far! It is well written and not overly complicated and does not get into weird cultural and spiritual/ fantasy and overly sexual focuses that many of the popular Eastern stories like this get into. You have a real winner here; a truly read-worthy story here. Keep up the good work. It is much better than you can imagine! There is a LOT of just graphic garbage out there but this is the most believable story off it’s kind… I will that say in over at least 250 stories I have read, It could become an animation. I hope to be with you till the end! Thank you for the inspiration, your creativity and creating something for hopefully everyone (guys and girls included)! Keep pushing. Shadow IS in trouble isn’t she? LOL!
Now that is a five star snuggle startle lol
Late already?!
Oh….you mean to your appointment. Right….(whew!)
LOL!
Adorable.
At least she isn’t interrupting kissing time this go around.
Huh wonder if she’s got a pattern of lateness? Could dress her up like the hare from Alice in Wonderland…
Shadow is probably late to see midnight. But it’s a whole lot worse for her if she leaves.
I’m pretty sure Shadow being late is the least of her worries. I fear what Nightmare told Moonlight.
Nothing she did not already suspect and have implicitly confirmed by her old friend’s involvement?
But did she know her old friend was there for more than Shadow and how much she reminds her of her own past? That is, does she suspect that Tim had anything to do with her old friend? Let alone that there are hybrids!
By the way, is that an alarm clock going off or actual birds tweeting?
I don’t think actual birds are THAT loud, except one and that goes cockadoodledoo.
You would be very wrong
Round here they are – at times in the middle of the night, too.
There’s an owl called the Murdered Woman Owl (or Powerful Owl) and when it lets loose at 2 in the morning, you may as well get out of bed, ’cause you’re NOT going back to sleep.
Then there’s the Bushman’s Alarm Clock (or Kookaburra) but they usually have the courtesy to wait until the sky starts to lighten about 5.00am.
It’s the rockin robin, tweet, twiddly tweet. Can’t be bothered if those are the exact lyrics cuz grumpy hangover.
Looks like Tim was a little rough on that tail.
♫I just died in your arms tonight
Oh never mind, I just overslept!♫
🎵I’m gon-na be real laaaate I’m gonna be real late🎵
I can imagine that Nightmare screwed shadow over.