Dark Certainty

Vivienne’s POV

“He thought if you opened your eyes and saw him first, you would panic.”

The words cut through me like ice. My chest tightened as though a hand had reached inside and squeezed my heart mercy. Before I could even respond, my mind dragged me back to that corridor. The blood. The lifeless bodies twisted at unnatural angles, eyes staring into nothing. The sound of bones breaking under V