East Meets West

[The Cedar Witch]

"I look forward to sitting with you again,"  he replied with a tight smile.  The remark was genuine, but now the flare of anger had made him feel restless.  When the parting remarks were exchanged, he retreated back to the shadows. 

With great speed he moved through the gardens' shadows, rushing past the demons in the shadow of the wall as he rocketed through Chinatown back toward home.