Sacred Sins; A Dark Tale
By the time Zeke and Damien woke, Eli was already out, fully dressed in a simple shirt and jeans that did little to hide the limp in his step or the faint redness on his skin.
Zeke sat up, his eyes scanning the empty space where Eli had been, a pang of panic hitting him. "Where the fuck is he?" he muttered, glancing at Damien, who was rubbing his eyes sleepily. Just then, Eli walked back in, his half-lidded eyes still clouded with exhaustion, but his demeanor sharp and defiant. "Get up, you lazy bums. Let's get that money," Eli said, his voice clipped, as if the night's episode had never occurred. Zeke knew this was Eli's coping mechanism—pretending everything was fine, burying the vulnerabi