011. Dirt

POV: Rose

Word count: 128

Fighting always comes with dirt, whether I am sparing with Dimitri, or killing Strigoi. You get dust and mud all over yourself when you are rolling on the ground with your opponent. When you are fighting a Strigoi, blood usually accompanies dust and mud – both the Strigoi's blood and yours.

Most of these kinds of dirt can be washed away easily with water and soap. But there is some of it you can never get rid of. This dirt is tricky, because you can't see it, but feel it. Feel it, when you loose a partner, a colleague in a fight, and you know that you could have saved them, if you had reacted faster, moved faster.

This is the kind of dirt you can never wash away.