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15-Echoes of unease

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Echoes of unease

Still observing, my eyes honed in on Elena, her grace captivated me through the night. Soon she walked over to a man with brown long hair packed behind him, he looked like distinguished gentleman but I hadn’t seen him before. From a distance, I observed their exchange trying reading between the lines of their dialogue but still couldn’t figure out what they were saying.

I gave Micheal a signal with my eyes to look around the room, his glance across the room and saw Elena, his jawline hardened as he turned back to me and a silent agreement had passed between us. Maintaining my composure I left, it’s not like anyone was going to miss me, I navigated through the gathering, approaching Elena and the gentleman, The man and mine eyes met, a silent exchange laden with unsaid words that were very clear, I was going to kill him, if he didn’t move away.

"I'm afraid I must depart," the gentleman interjected, his tone carrying a hint of reluctance. "But it's been a pleasure meeti
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