War

Please, please, please.

My feet start moving towards the hallway. Please be okay. I can’t leave without him. I won’t leave without him. I don’t know what to do about Liam but I know I can take him. I can. My panic goes up a notch when I’m standing outside the door I went through last night. The door that leads down to the dungeons. I don’t let myself think too much about it as I wrench it open. I’m hit with the stench of blood and my heart starts to beat even faster than it already was. Goddess. The stench is strong even from all the way up here.

Please, please, please.

When I get to the bottom of the stairs, Liam isn’t anywhere in sight. I squint through the darkness and my foot bumps into something. I look down and a scream dies in my throat when my gaze lands on Liam’s mangled body. His eyes stare without seeing, his neck is bent at an unnatural angle, and his face is unrecognizable but I know it’s him by the color of his hair.