"How– how can I kill someone? I, I never—"
Her breathing quickened and the excitement that was present in her chest had already vanished.
She had just killed someone, and that person was human, a living and breathing person, like her.
He must have a family, a loved one, friends, and people who cared about him.
He must have a home where someone would be waiting for his return, but, Ember took his life away, and that person would not be returning ever.
"Why?"
Ember fell on her knees, and her face contorted into an expression of fear and confusion.
"I-I didn't want to do it, b-but,"
She clenched her hands and closed her eyes as she felt her heart pounding in her chest.
"He was trying to kill me, I-I had no choice,"
The girl kept speaking and her body was beginning to tremble.
"He was going to torture me,"