He flicked on a nearby light switch and the wash of light revealed a woman. Dark haired and crouched on his floor, cradling something in her hand. Brown eyes flickered quickly over the scene. Swathes of near translucent robes. A broken lamp. Drops of blood on the floor. She moved as if she were surprised to see him, but not in the manner of someone who’d been caught intruding in a home.
She walked towards him and he took matching steps backwards, holding one hand out to ward her off. A needless gesture as she picked up shattered glass with her bare foot, stumbling against the shelf of books. He didn’t move to help her; his training having not quite kicked in in response to this particular home invasion.
She had said his name. He didn’t know her, so how did she know his name. Did he have a stalker? Isn’t this why he had a security detail? Expressly in place to intercept things like this. Darcy watched as she whined in a collapse of books and other things that had been lining his shelf. He reached for his cell phone, but paused, not knowing who he would call regardless.
“Just...stop moving,” he advised. “Before you... hurt yourself more.” He left her on the ground to walk into his kitchen. He wet a cloth in the sink and returned to where he’d left her. He knelt down, moving aside pictures of his god children, their families and assorted friends to move only as close to her as he needed to access her injuries.
He took her hand without asking, and pressed the cloth to it. She was in his house without asking, so he sort of felt that gave him the right. His mouth was a thin line, lips pressed tight together; brow furrowed. His breathing was even, but he overall seemed to be very annoyed. “How did you get in here,” he demanded, holding her hand closer to judge the severity of the wound.
She walked towards him and he took matching steps backwards, holding one hand out to ward her off. A needless gesture as she picked up shattered glass with her bare foot, stumbling against the shelf of books. He didn’t move to help her; his training having not quite kicked in in response to this particular home invasion.
She had said his name. He didn’t know her, so how did she know his name. Did he have a stalker? Isn’t this why he had a security detail? Expressly in place to intercept things like this. Darcy watched as she whined in a collapse of books and other things that had been lining his shelf. He reached for his cell phone, but paused, not knowing who he would call regardless.
“Just...stop moving,” he advised. “Before you... hurt yourself more.” He left her on the ground to walk into his kitchen. He wet a cloth in the sink and returned to where he’d left her. He knelt down, moving aside pictures of his god children, their families and assorted friends to move only as close to her as he needed to access her injuries.
He took her hand without asking, and pressed the cloth to it. She was in his house without asking, so he sort of felt that gave him the right. His mouth was a thin line, lips pressed tight together; brow furrowed. His breathing was even, but he overall seemed to be very annoyed. “How did you get in here,” he demanded, holding her hand closer to judge the severity of the wound.
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