“Nessa…” Malikai says brokenly but I refuse to hear any of it damn it.
This mess wasn’t him. This wasn’t my best friend splattered all over the place. Those weren’t his bones, his organs, his blood that was torn and meshed on the ceiling, the walls, the floors. He wouldn’t die on me. We promised to always be in each other’s lives. He promised to stay by my side, always.
Tears obscured my vision as I repeated his name over and over, walking through that bloodied hallway. My legs wanted to give out. My entire body shook. My heart twisted painfully as I kept pushing forward. Then my foot slipped and I fell to the ground landing on my hands and knees.
My tears fell unchecked into the thick blood. My hands squished in the liquid and before I knew it the smel
