Chapter 73

Ella POV

The water runs red as it washes Vanessa’s blood from my body. Even though the water is warm my body shakes as I recall what I have just done. Bracing my hands against the shower wall I try to calm my nerves, but it is not working. My legs begin to shake underneath my weight, and I fall to the tiles beneath my feet. Slow painful sobs escape my mouth as I curl my knees to my chest and sit with the hot water spraying down over me. I have never killed anyone before and when I got the opportunity, I tortured and slaughtered her like a monster. The painful sobs begin to come faster and louder as I think about each time I stabbed Vanessa.

The bathroom door bursts open and Erebus storms into the shower, scooping me into his arms while fully clothed he wraps me gently in a towel. “Little Vixen,”

he says gently moving my wet hair out of my face. “Why are you crying?”

Sobs continue to wrack my body as Erebus engulfs me in his arms. “I k-k-killed her,”