SUMMARY: Set in Vampire Academy. Natalie's pov.
WORDCOUNT: 100. (a short one because the prompt was KILLING me.)
A.N. Title taken from ReganX's amazing story, which in turn is taken from a Tudors quote.
Written for 100moods. Prompt: apathetic.
ON THE EDGE OF A GOLDEN WORLD
by Leni
The old man was drunk.
I had not believed I could actually go through with it, until I saw how helpless he was. I could not have chosen a better target. Who would miss him, this worthless fixture who remained at the Academy because the ones in charge never changed anything?
There would be change now.
There would be a future.
I would help it happen.
"Miss Dashkov?" he slurred, squinting through his glasses. "You – you should be in your dormitory." Suddenly he frowned, as if he'd just stumbled across an uncomfortable thought. "Isn't your father -?"
I lunged at him.
The End
09/12/12