* Light Content Warning - some violence and depictions of self harm *
<< Punish - Ethel Cain >>
Ezra froze with his hand above the door when he was hit with the sweet, metallic scent of blood and turned to Till hesitantly, "Maybe you should wait out here at first...just in case."
Till nodded slowly, backing away into the hall, his mouth set into a grim line.
No answer came from within when Ezra knocked against the door, but seeing that it didn't have a complicated doorlock like the more modern styles in the Helsing compound, Ezra reached out his hand and simply broke the lock off with little effort.
He took a deep breath and stepped inside.
The smell heightened the moment that he opened the door, and at first glance, all he could see was red.
It was sprayed up the walls and ceiling, dark pools of it lay on the red, carpeted floor by the bed, and on the bed itself -
"Oh fuck...Jesus fucking Christ!" Ezra exclaimed.