No Time to Look Back [1]

Void Eater slid effortlessly into the soft flesh of Instructor Kevin's throat, parting skin and muscle with a sickening squelch.

His eyes bulged as his windpipe collapsed around the cold steel, a desperate gurgle bubbling up from the widening wound.

Blood poured from the puncture—first as a trickle, then as a torrent—flooding his mouth and staining his chest dark crimson.

He tried to scream, but the sound was nothing more than a faint, rattling hiss, his body jerking violently as Azriel watched the life drain from his wide, panicked eyes.

Then…

There was no more struggle.

Azriel stared at Kevin's face for several long moments.

He watched.

He watched the body of the man he had killed.

The first human life he had ever taken.

One who died from a stab in the back.

One who had trusted him, only for Azriel to betray that trust.