Rage

The Professor didn’t attempt to stop me as I stomped back up the stairs to the library.

I barely remembered the way back to the area of the house thanks to how badly I had been breaking down in the moments before I’d drunk the newborn's blood, but I managed all the same.

Just the thought of what I’d been forced to do made me want to heave.

Sophia was close behind me, and while she hadn’t said anything I could feel the tension in her footsteps. It was as if she were expecting me to turn around at any given moment to try and attack the Professor.

I’d been tempted, but I’d already made my choice.

If I were going to disobey her command I would have done so when she’d issued it, not now. The Professor was an issue that I would deal with at some point in the future, though. That much I was certain of.

I made it back up to the library, grabbed the idol, and then tossed it over to Sophia. She caught it deftly with one hand and pocketed it without hesitation.

“Let’s get out of here,” I
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