Chapter 36

Esme's POV

"Norn please stop this, put the knife down and let's talk about this." I tried to persuade her but she wasn't ready to talk.

She lunged forward towards me and I turned away, grabbing onto Ethan tightly and burying my head into his chest, awaiting what would most likely be my death.

The sickening sound of flesh being sliced through echoed in my ear and my breath eluded me for a moment, until I realized that I couldn't feel any pain.

I turned to see a horrible sight. Meredith had jumped right in front of Ethan and I and Norn had jammed the knife straight into her stomach.

She tried to speak but only strained gasps came out as blood poured out of her mouth.

She dropped to the floor, the knife still embedded deep within her flesh.

"Meredith!" Norn screamed in horror as she dropped to her knees, finally appearing to be back to her senses.

She sat on the floor and raised Meredith's body up, placing the dying girl's head on her thighs.

"Meredith! Meredith, please open your eyes an