One Wrong Step

[Arissa’s POV]

I opened and closed my eyes, entertaining myself with the dead children that disappeared and reappeared with each blink. Playing this game was the only thing keeping me sane as pain and exhaustion rushed through me.

Letting out a sigh, I looked around until my eyes came to rest on my mother and father as they stood in the corner together.

"Enjoying this?" I called. "I bet you are right, mother."

In a flash, she was suddenly in front of me, causing a yelp of shock to escape me.

"You deserve this." She purred, lifting a clawed hand and gripping my chin. "You ruined everything."

"Yeah, yeah," I hissed, jerking my head away. "I’ve been hearing that pretty fucking often these days."

Wincing at the feeling of my skin being pierced, I continued to stare into my mother’s hollow eyes. If I had known that she was going to haunt me like this, I would have left the bitch alive. At least when she was still warm and breathing, she wasn’t up my ass like this.

"Could you get the hell o