WILLIAM
"I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. Please forgive me."
I cried as much as I could as I held her body close to me upset the plum tree. The air was soft and cool but it seemed like I was burning from within. I did not know what to do. I did not know how to right the wrong. I just held her lifeless body close to me as I wept. Why did I not show restraint? Why was I so fast at killing the presence I perceived? Why could I not control my emotions? I tried to see beyond the terrible fate that had befallen me but I did not see anything else other than my blinding guilt. Maybe I should just die? What was the essence of life if the one I wanted to spend it with was already gone, and died by my own hands? There was no coming back from that. I was a monster, a true bloodsucking monster. I deserved
