To Put A Leash On The Master

EID

efore me is

, the once vibrant celebration now tu

another piercing cry with two more almost immediately, thud

ving me to stare blankly at the blood-pooled floor. B

ow about Dad Griffin, Dad Ta

I don't hear my voice, as the words ba

in this gruesome display of devilish deeds. Fortunate if that person is Hunter or other members

ot. However, rushing over, I find the girl's pale bod

r dream-a fucking nightmare. "No! That's not you, Saturn. Ple

w minutes ago

, right? Anothe

e back up the stairs. But when I burst into Hunter's ro

k,

to the floor, gripping my braids with f

staring blankly at the patterned floor only channels more misery to my broken mind. A

Yet, it doesn't occur to me to listen as I speed down to

I search the hall again, going through the bod

ipped out, which convinces me someh

a growing dread and a panging

ge, my shoulders drop instantly before I fall

ld be alive if I didn't find their bodies. But n

e staring defeatedly at Dad Tad's open

en someone's whimper as life leaves their body ec

hall in confusion, scrambling to my feet, su

lway where the light shines bright; a cont

of a large wing cast on the wall, its feathers

my flesh renders me unmoving. Or maybe it

tention as if commanded by the sight. And even as the om

space on the wall where it once was whil

the hallway illuminates parts of him-his nose, hair, and shoulders. But the rest of h

idi

as I only then recognize the silver-blonde

re sprinting across the

ightly around his waist, pressing my face

k, but I'm satisfied

shoulders and pressing his arms. He seems fine to me; except, he isn't moving. "Say

feel something cold and gooey beneath my touch. Then I look down t

oo

have blood o

my eyes follow a trail to my own bloodstained hands before wandering back to Hu

! Don't

heart at the sight of that, and

s, I catch Hunter's emotionless, crimson-streaked face, his exp

ing," I whisper while sha

lso almost resigned to the probability that whatever this is

tter with a breaking tone. "Please tell

nd as seconds pass without him talking or movi

sn't a

lity that's worse than any night