Life has been tough these past few days. I tried to live normally. I really did but the weight of Blaed's death consumed me. I saw him in my dreams. Sometimes he was whole and other times he was headless but I didn't want to see him at all. I wanted to forget that horrific day but it was stuck in my head.

There was no forgetting it. I finished scrubbing the floors and gathered my supplies to go downstairs. I heard someone coming up. Normally, I would run ...