Chapter 203

The darkness numbed me like a sedative straight to the bloodstream. The candle had flickered to nothing a while ago and I hadn't bothered to re-light it, instead preferring to remain here in the dark, feeling comforted by how it enshrouded me as soon as the flame had died. Not far from where I sat, Amy lay asleep, her deep contented breathing like the most soothing of lullabies. It felt good to hear it; to hear her finally at peace from the insanity that had raged through her veins and it felt good to just sit here, wrapping the darkness around me like the most soothing of bandages. I needed the come-down now, balancing out the tremendous high I'd experienced in that room as the power had surged through me, filling every space with its light. What are you? What are you? Amy's astonished cries still whispered in my ears. I could still picture her startling eyes, free from the tiny bloodshot veins that had caged them, her face free from the madness and hunger that had twiste