Chapter 1

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I look around in the dark room. Only light I have is from the moon as it shines through the glass. I quietly go upstairs and enter the first room, seeing a couple sleeping soundly. Their songs do not match. I stand over the foot of the bed and listen. His song is angry. Her's is almost hypnotic and calm.
I go over to his side of the bed and take my blade out. Silently, I slash his throat with one swipe. Barely any splatter. I search the house and check the other rooms. A young girl, lay peacefully while holding a stuffed animal. Her song has not come yet.
Once I finish searching the house, I quickly and quietly slip out of the window and close it before going home until the next night..

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