Blood Is Funny

Feng Xuan could feel the blood dripping to her ankles. Her shoes had been long forgotten since she was dragged out of her kitchen at Gretel's. The thick liquid made her foot slippery and she struggled to keep up with the senator's insistent pulling at her bonds. She could feel her wound stinging—begging for relief as it gets wider—it must be because if not, it should not hurt this much.

She winced and kept her cries of pain as she dragged the other half of her body in another empty room. The light was low and the windows there were broken. Somehow, between the three rooms she had been in, this one was the most complete. 

"Faster!" the senator shouted at her as he hauled her again. 

She did not want to cry but the pain in her leg was too much. It felt like it was burning. Her cheeks were wet with tears. She stopped moving. She couldn't take it anymore.