EverGreene

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Everleigh</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I packed up my life moving halfway across the country for a fresh start. Running away from my past running away for my future. A year later I've settled into my new home my new job my new friends and my new identity. You could say things have started returning to normal.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Normal if not for him.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>His identity is a mystery to me but I know he's there watching me leaving tokens outside my door. The gifts he sends are personal and deliberate proving he has eyes everywhere-even where I least expect it.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For months he remained hidden in the shadows until a chance encounter with a masked man at a Halloween party led to a one-night stand and a box delivered containing the most personal gift from him yet: A feather from my Halloween costume.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Loche</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After years of living with the consequences of my actions I've finally gotten my life together. Well aside from the occasional illegal activity that may or may not include a little light stalking. But who's counting?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When I first saw Ever I was captivated by her until I learned about her past. Then I became obsessed with her. Obsessed with keeping her safe obsessed with protecting her when and if the past were to come back to haunt her. Everything was going fine but then one night at her friend's Halloween party changed everything.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ever still doesn't know who I am despite having spent the night with me and I have to keep it that way. Because in reality she already knows exactly who I am.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And she despises me down to my very core.</span></p>