The first breath of spring was in the air and with it came the first substantial flicker of sunlight which began to filter through the dappled canopy of the closely knit tree lined square. The town seemed, at last, to be awakening from its winter slumber, but not all the townspeople had spent the winter in near dormancy; this sleepy haven bore a dark secret… the fates had seen it to bring two women together by pure chance.<br/><br/>It had been a chance shared comment on an internet forum which led to idea an exchange of ideas and to their first… and memorable meeting as they came to realise just how both shared the same dark fantasies and an even deeper need to indulge in them.<br/><br/>The cold winter months had seen slim pickings, but enough to see through their needs until the travellers and businessfolk once more came through this non descript town…this was only ever a place people passed through, there was nothing that marked it out from any other small town in this part of the world.<br/><br/>Shadow stepped out into the weak sunlight; her head lolled back, her shoulder length black hair fell across her neck, as she drank in the warmth of the sun for a moment as it caressed her pale skin, with a soft sigh she looked across to the table where Thorn was seated, she gave her a smile as she walked across, placing two coffee’s on the table before taking her seat.  Thorn looked up from her laptop and returned her grin.<br/><br/>Shadow shook her head softly as she sat.  “That bitch Valerie tried to short change me again... can you believe it!  Seriously, one of these days Thorn…” she sighed and sank a little into her chair.<br/><br/>They sat on the terrace of a roadside café, To the gaze of any onlooker their presence was unremarkable, just two women taking in the gentle spring sun and sipping at a coffee whilst watching the sedate pace of life around them. They watched them from behind a mask of normality. At times despising those around them for the shadow of an existence they led and yet acutely aware that they, at least outwardly, had to portray the very characteristics that sat so uncomfortably with them.<br/><br/>Shadow turned and spoke, a gentle voice that gave no voice to the hunger within “Let the fates decide, I shall close my eyes and whom so ever they fall upon when they open shall be the one we set our sights upon…” She grinned and closed her eyes as she turned a little in her seat to face the town square.<br/>