Claimed By My Ex's Uncle
Blood trickled down her neck, staining my hands red.
Panic filled inside my chest. "Oh, my goddess. No, no, no. It can’t be like that.”
I caught her before she hit the floor and carried her to the bed in a blur, laying her down as carefully as if she were made of glass.
My hands shook as I pressed my palm to her chest, gasping in horror. Her heartbeat was there, but it was weak, very weak. It was fading away, tickling little by little.
Terror unlike anything I had ever known clawed up my throat.