Night Owls

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

He approached her cautiously, nervous about finally meeting the mother who had given him up for adoption 20 years ago

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

Jerry told the woman he knew nothing about to get behind him because he vowed to always look out for and protect woman