Movement caught my attention just over the water. Some swirl of darkness. Gathering. Moving. My chest constricted as the darkness took shape. It wasn’t entirely human, but it wasn’t a beast either. It was made entirely of shadow. The darkness formed legs and arms and a torso. The head had no face but even darker eyes. It moved with a speed that had me stumbling back. It inhaled deeply, and a smile broke through that head of darkness, exposing jagged teeth. “Anchor…”