The Thorny Rose Of Blood

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐞

[3rd Pov:]

Shoes hitting against the floor echoed in the large hallway as they rounded the corner, quiet heavy breaths left the owners mouth as they ran down the dimly lit hallways "oi! Get back here!" a voice familiar to her shouted as she ran and ran, she hated what was happening in her job but she knew that it had to be done and over with however the aftermath wasn't a pretty sight to see and neither was she to say the least, her right hand was all black with different dark shades of purple and her nails had gotten pointy while on the left side of her neck were black cracks that stopped at her cheek, clearly she needed to head back to her office to stop what was happening to her otherwise she might just lose it, her office was on the third to last floor of her organisation while she was somewhere on the middle floors, she rushed for the elevator that was around the corner and pressed the floor she needed leaning back against the cool wall of the box.

The elevator diggned indicating she was on the floor she wanted and walked down the hallway letting her thoughts take over yet she still kept an eye on where she was going or who was walking past as well, as she entered her office she tugged on her tie till it was loose while her hair was let down slowly swaying behind her, she let out a sigh of exhaustion after moving around all day and night without rest and having to take some medication in the afternoon due to some pain she felt in her arm, the morning sun began to rise as it reflected through the window behind her causing her to turn around and look at the sky then back in front of her, she didn't have a shadow like everyone else, after the traumatising experiences as a child up till the age of seven years old she tried very hard to forget them even when she was taken in by her uncle.

She looked at her reflection on her phone and saw that everything that appeared on her face and arm had gone as she tried to calm herself on her way to her office, she was soon looking over some paperwork in front of her when the door opened and closed "you're back!" a boy's voice exclaimed in surprise, she shifted her gaze and was met with a boy of fifteen years old with black hair and matching coloured eyes that had a white hue at the bottom, he was wearing a black shirt with a white tie with a deep grey blazer and trousers and dress shoes on his feet he had a smile on his face after seeing her return to her office after not seeing her for a couple days "was the mission successful?" he asked her as he walked over "yep, wine man's reporting it to the boss now" she said as the boy walked over to one of the sofas in the offices and sat down "why didn't you go? He's your uncle" he piped up as he saw her jacket was hanging off the edge of it.

"Because Ben, I am tired and I have a meeting to go to in an hour so i need to look over this work before handing it over" she answered as she glanced at him before looking back at the work, ben looked at her and sighed as he knew that her job was difficult and considering what she went through he could understand why "would you like me to leave the room?" he asked her in a calm but also nervous tone after hearing how she spoke to him "no it's fine, i'm just tired after staying up all day and night so i just want some silence" she answered putting the work down and looked at him as he hung her jacket up on the rack in the corner "i see, would you like a drink to give you some energy? What do you want?" he asked her as he turned around with some excitement in his eyes.