The Lycan's Bargain
Her blood still stained the floor, and I knew that if I let it linger, it would leave a permanent stain.
Ignoring the exhaustion that filled my body, I went out to fetch a bucket of water, found some soap, and began to clean up the blood, scrubbing furiously at the ground. Tears filled my eyes as I scrubbed, and no matter how hard I tried to blink them back, they spilled out until I could no longer see through my tears. The smell of her blood still lingered in the air, and I had yet to change out of my bloodstained clothes.