Chapter 55: Take care of the mess
>>Amber
"What?" I blinked at him in confusion.
"I said, I can’t," He replied
"What?" Shock overtook me, "Why? Hael, don’t do this, we don’t have much time! Please do something." I was fretting pretty badly.
"That’s the thing." He said and then looked at the body on the ground, "He’s already dead." He scratched his cheek with his index finger, "I never said I won’t do it, I said, I can’t, because I can’t bring back the dead." He took to the ground, "No one can,"
A wave of shock and disbelief washed over me, leaving me numb with horror. My heart hammered in my chest, "No," I shook my head in disbelief. Guilt clawed at my conscience, its icy grip tightening with each passing moment, "No, it can’t be," I hurried down by the body and placed my fingers on his neck, not caring that the blood that had pooled on the ground got on my dress. Not caring that I was getting my hands soiled in blood.
I frantically checked for a heartbeat, but there was none, "Oh no," Fear coursed through my veins like a venomous tide, flooding my mind with thoughts of the consequences, "He is dead," My eyes were wide in horror
A soft laughter escaped Serena’s lips, "Finally," She whispered and I looked at her.
She had a deranged expression on her face, "Oh! Finally!" She was more than happy about the situation.
"Serena," I stood up from the ground, but my legs trembled. I almost fell back down when Hael caught me and helped me back up without a word.
"Let’s leave," Serena said, "Someone else will discover the body. We’ll be safe."