Nero Blood

blackened earth beneath our feet. I don’t let myself feel anythi

There is the woman in front o

e

Ed

ossible, but I k

hat I ha

is black floor, black walls, and black ceiling. Small, yellow lights are affixed to the

handling all this. He only looks straight ahead, his should

’s good

t day I ran into him on Laziria.

, there are bodies lining up in the

e on me. I try not to, bu

do this to themselves? How

to get antsy. Do we really have to walk through the entire Compoun

e. Bodies crowd through, bottlenecking. Soldiers and Edan shove up against me, everyone anxious to be firmly present whe

ath and war as I’m crowded.

trip over myself as I’m marched righ

ny, but like he’s a slam king, Cyrillius sits o

ay suit is neatly pressed. He sits poised and calm,

cades ago, but Neron is everywhere. In our clothing. In eac

lood calls to it, a

twist my fingers, taking possession of just a

forming it into a spear, when

my head, but they’re still bound behind my back. The

e eerie screams e

find my vision distorted. Everyone around me looks wrong. Their faces are long and st

entirely whit

ite and then black a

t it’s impossible. My mouth i

y from…everyone, with their terrifying stre

happe

s happ

ck in a breath, everyone has r

mouths have opened ten times