Heirs of Time

"I love you, my darling," I stated. "This is for your own good and the world's." I lifted my handgun and aimed it towards the woman. She closed her eyes and fell silently into the grass as blood trickled down the middle of her forehead.
The man stared in disbelief at his wife lying lifeless beside him. I shot him in his hesitance. The man fell into an eternal sleep next to his wife. Their faces were serious, but a shadow of peace fell upon them.
As the house caught up in flames and the fog began to clear, the cries of newborn children echoed through the thick night air.