SILAS POV
*play now : what I was made for - Billie Eilish ; keep ready for the end of the chapter : In the stars - Benson Boone*
I don’t know how many bodies I stepped over before I reached the falls.
I know the weight of them under my feet. The way some were ash and some were still warm. I remember the smell more than anything else. Blood and burned skin and wet stone. The metallic taste sitting heavy at the back of my throat every time I dragged in a breath. I remember thinking that if I survived this, that smell would follow me into my sleep for the rest of my life.
I fought my way forward because there was no other direction left to go.
A vampire came at me from the side, teeth bared, face split in a grin that didn’t belong on anything with a soul. I caught him by the collar and d
