The beginning of an end

I stared wide eyed at the figure that loomed over with a dagger in her hand.

Her dark hair was flowing down her face and her lips were blood red like she had just finished a blood feast. Her eyes were empty big black balls and I felt the cold she was emanating all the way up to my veins.

She wanted me to kill Jacob.

She wanted me to kill Jacob to live.

I screamed but I couldn’t scream out because of the cloth tied against my mouth.

“Go on. Take it”, She nudged the dagger towards me. I started down at the dagger and wondered if this was the infamous blade made from the things Jacob told me a while ago.

“Your time is ticking”, the evil woman said and the blade clattered to the floor and out of nowhere a clock started ticking loudly.

Like a countdown to a huge bomb.

Instead this time, I didn’t know how long I had or what was going to happen to me if I refused to do what she said.

My eyes went to Jacob whose face was cleared from every emotion. He wasn’t even looking at me but I unders