04-07-2019, 08:38 PM
Villainy transferred; a poisonous gas choking out life wherever it went. The scent hovered the girl, but it did not originate from her. Something else swirled beneath, a current so swift it might chase the mind into oblivion. He dared not touch its depths, but neither could he ignore the former either.
She was bleeding.
He knelt at her feet. Water cupped by his palms he upturned over the wound, washing away the blood and pressing a thumb to the cut, stemming the flow of more. No more innocent blood to be shed. “And what is the question?” he asked, heart beating monstrous strength in his chest, urging her toward plainness.
She was bleeding.
He knelt at her feet. Water cupped by his palms he upturned over the wound, washing away the blood and pressing a thumb to the cut, stemming the flow of more. No more innocent blood to be shed. “And what is the question?” he asked, heart beating monstrous strength in his chest, urging her toward plainness.