“Calen!”
My heart skips faster as I helplessly watch as Astaroth roughly takes his hand out, grabs Calen and throws him hard against the wall. Dark blood drips everywhere. Calen struggles to get up as he begins to cough up the blood.
Too much blood.
There was just too much blood coming out of him.
The shadows retreat back to Astaroth. I scramble to get to him as tears begin to fall. I don’t make it three feet before the shadows snake around my ankles, causing me to land hard on the ground. Within moments Astaroth is beside me, lifting me up and pulling me roughly to him. I cry out at the sudden nearness, dread overflows me.
I needed to get to Calen! I couldn’t take my eyes off of him as he tries to stand up, gritting his teeth in pain as blood continues to flow out of him.
“Let…he
