Internal Sin: 076

(RHYS' POINT OF VIEW)

There was only a year until he was finally released, but I could not bear the ache and loneliness that had suddenly taken over my heart in his absence.

Emotions. This was why demons were forbidden to love. We have an overabundance of emotions and feel them too strongly.

Taking my time, I strolled through the hospital hallway, thinking about how much he would detest me and how much he wouldn't want to see my face right now. I sighed. I could not blame him; I despised myself as well, but what could I do when things were out of my hands?

Three years away had been torture, and I was not sure I wanted to go through it again for another year.

When I entered his ward, I was greeted by the stench of corpses and rotten blood.

I came to a halt in a space. A place that was once filled with beds and patients was now empty except for a janitor wiping blood-stained floors; the smell of death was stronger in this space.

"Can I assist you with something?" "No one is permitted