This Day of Blood
Trigger Warning: Assault, gore and violence This day started out like any other but when it ended I was covered in blood. The attack came so suddenly that at first I thought it was a simple Tavern brawl that had gotten out of hand. I was in the kitchen preparing the stew for the dinnertime run when I heard shouting and crashing from the bar. From experience I knew to stay out of brawls. Stephen will handle it and one of the bar girls will come in to tell me when it’s safe again. I continued to methodically prepare the vegetables when I heard a scream from outside. I froze for a second thinking I must have misheard but then a crash resounded outside. I ran to the door and tried to push it open but it would only move a couple of inches. Then a bloody hand flopped through the crack onto the floor. There was something terribly wrong. Now that the door was open I could smell the harsh scent of something burning. I k...