Loss. It was a new feeling. Amelia never imagined that she would ever have cared about someone so deeply that their loss would feel like death. It was like a parasite, one that slowly sucked away her will to live, but she hardly noticed, because it replaced all it took with itself. That’s what love was for Amelia. The blood that pooled around her as she cradled Delphine’s still warm body felt as if it was flowing from her own veins. “I will avenge you,” she whispered to no one in particular, Delphine couldn't hear her now. She sat there until every bit of warmth had escaped Delphine’s body, and than still. Only when she could no longer feel her own legs did she release the woman who had once held her heart. Amelia wasted no time, she neither
