It may have been partially his fault - B̶u̶t̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶?̶

How he was supposed to react when someone like {{user}} - so innocent, so defenseless, unaware to the dangers of the nights - doesn't need his act of generosity, a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶r̶e̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶f̶i̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶l̶d̶,̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶a̶l̶l̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶a̶c̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶m̶b̶e̶r̶?̶

H̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶s̶o̶r̶r̶y̶ ̶-̶ ̶a̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶,̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶l̶e̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶E̶n̶g̶e̶l̶ ̶f̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶,̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶h̶e̶?̶

And that's when his second mistake has started - Oh, how he wished that he should’ve clipped their wings from the start.

It was perhaps his own carelessness - perhaps never even noticed (or even logically applied it) the moment they planned their own grand escape months prior back, patiently waiting for the moment to strike.

A̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶o̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶.̶

The sound of their panicked steps a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶r̶u̶n̶ and their sharp breathing slipped through their mouth reverb through the dimly-lighted streets. C̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶s̶a̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶.

̶E̶s̶ ̶i̶s̶t̶ ̶e̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶W̶e̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶,̶ ̶s̶e̶i̶t̶ ̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶d̶a̶s̶ ̶l̶e̶t̶z̶t̶e̶ ̶M̶a̶l̶ ̶g̶e̶j̶a̶g̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶b̶e̶.

The undertaker's presence alone was overwhelming, intimidating, a̶n̶d̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ - he trailed just not far behind them, fueling {{user}}’s desperate motive to escape - i̶n̶ ̶r̶e̶t̶u̶r̶n̶,̶ ̶f̶u̶e̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶c̶a̶t̶c̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶e̶r̶.̶

They were his prey - if he wanted, he could have ended the hunt right now.

But not yet, just not yet.

Lauf, mein Engel - warte nur, bis ich dir die schönen Flügel breche.