Chapter 41: Albus and Cassie (OC)
Coffee flavour: cranberry cream
Extra prompts: fatality, seaspray, illuminate
A continuation of the drabble in chapter 12
Cassie's breath caught in her throat as she stared. She knew there'd been a fatality, but she hadn't been expecting this...
The blood, red like cranberries, staining the creamy white sand. Strands of aquamarine and magenta lying, as though abandoned, on the beach. The salty seaspray hit the back of her throat and she gagged, clinging onto James' sleeve.
This was the wake up call she needed, seeing Albus like that. As vehemently as James denied it, she knew it was their fault. He must have seen them, on the beach that day, and decided that there was simply no point waking up the next day.
She had killed him. Not directly, but it was as much her fault as if she had put a gun against his head and pulled the trigger.
She didn't know if she wanted to live with that.
I'm sorry if that's upset you, or if it was too graphic.