"Won’t you stay with me?"
Pools of blood gathered around them, streaming from the bite mark on the young woman's leg. This wasn't supposed to happen; no one was supposed to get hurt, especially the young girl who Beth had taken in as if she were her own family because that was just how life was now. She now felt completely hopeless, blaming beginning t o weigh heavily on her shoulders as she cradles the girl in her arms, brushing her hand lightly against her hair as she forces a smile, looking down upon her. This action is more difficult than she could ever have imagined. Tears burn the brim of her eyes as they threaten to fall. The youngest Greene daughter presses her lips lightly against the top of Prim's head and then pulls the dying girl closer towards her.
❝ Course I will. I promise I won't go anywhere, okay? ❞
