The Rule
The soft sound of tearing skin began, wet and rhythmic, as the scavengers began their work.
A black boot stepped into view, halting just before one of the dead. Ayman drew back from the blood-soaked ground, his cloak dragging like shadow behind him.
From the side, another figure emerged — Abhiman, helmet tucked under his arm, hair matted with sweat, blood splashed across the curve of his cheek like war paint. He grinned, his teeth too white in all this red.
“Wasn’t too hard,” he said, voice light, like a joke told at a funeral.
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