A torn journal page, smeared with blood
This time, candles were lit in the cellar. I heard a noise behind me–a little girl. Only her eyes and mouth, they’re sideways of what they should be. She starts screaming something fierce about Iki, her father.
The bastard himself drops down from the trap door, yelling “Stay away from her!”
I saw her smile, right before she bit into my neck. I clawed up the ladder and ran to my room for my sword, thinking I’d cut their throats and be done with it. But in the steel, I saw it. My eyes, my mouth– they’re sideways now, just like hers.