Lychos

Seeking Syd

This was a bad idea. Syd’s not here. And I won’t put the rest of the family at risk without her around to protect them.

The back door opens, the motion-sensitive light coming on. I duck quickly to the side, hiding in the shadows with Sage shaking beside me, while a dark figure steps out into the yard. She looks worried, one hand clutching the door, the other clenched at her side. Dark, straight hair shivers around her as she takes another half-step onto the patio stones, the light...