

Nightshayde 01Nightshayde 01 - The Rise and Fall of Empires.Nightshayde 01
I awoke with a start, pistol in hand before I could breathe. It was half-cocked, of course, like the rest of my life seemed to be. The lights were off, leaving me in a labyrinth of half remembered stumbling and revelry. This wasn't my room, I knew that much. I was clad in little more than a pair of satin panties, but that concerned me less that I suppose it should have. At least the other side of the threadbare mattress was unoccupied: thank the Goddess for small favors. There was music somewhere in the distance, something loud but sweet and vaguely familiar. When nothing had changed