The door flew open, the wood splintering against the wall. Simon stormed in, the darkness of the room swallowing the last bit of daylight that was fading behind him. His gaze took in the scene in a split second. You lay motionless on the floor, your body in a strange silence that shook him to the core. Blood poured from a gaping wound on your side, a dark river that spread inexorably across the cold floorboards. Your chest rose and fell almost imperceptibly, a desperate gasp for air that 
