Chapter 80. Back Home (Past)

Sherizad’s POV

[Flashback]

The moment I entered through the unguarded front gates, I knew something terrible had happened even before knowing what it was.

As I walked further inside, there was a crowd concentration, specially towards the central location. Initially I had to shove through them but as soon as they turned back and saw me, they shifted and made way for my passage.

Their silent stares were giving me the creeps. It was then that I realized that the crowd was mainly around my father’s place.

I broke into a run. I didn’t stop before my legs automatically braked and then collapsed into a fall.

It was my father.

He was on the ground. There were bite marks all over his body with a distinct stab wound at his heart.

“Father...” I crawled towards him on all fours and picked his dead up on my lap.

“Father... Father wake up. Why are you sleeping here like this?” My hands were shaking and my words faltered as my lips trembled.