Silas pov

There were two things I believed in life.

You could call them my ideals, my morals, or simply the principles I lived by but they were the foundation of every decision I made.

First, every life on earth mattered. Everyone had a purpose, and no life should be taken lightly.

And the second,

Yes, every life mattered, but I would never hesitate to take one if I had to.

Because just as every life had meaning, that didn’t mean everyone deserved to live.

That was why I never blinked an eye when my brothers and I killed, when blood stained our hands. I believed it was meant to...