Violet looked around at the carnage that surrounded her. The thick smell of blood in the air forced vomit out of her. She was overwhelmed with grief, seeing all the devastation lying before her.
Burning homes and bodies. Dead women and children bleeding out all around her.
The sight burned itself into her mind. Her heart felt broken for all the innocent people that died tonight.
She wanted to be held, to be told everything would be okay. But no amount of comfort would ever make this okay. It would never erase the pain she saw in the faces of the victims all around her.
