Chapter 10: Violet's POV

Time was ticking at its usual rhythm but for me, every second became a painful hold on the thread of my father's life.

"Axel..." I whimpered, my eyes wide as I looked between him and the butcher who was now standing only a few feet away from my Father.

One swing of his knives and my father would be dead.

"Please... You can still stop this... Please!" I turned my tear-filled eyes to Axel and dropped onto the ground again.

"How can I sit here and watch you kill my father?" I yelled, forgetting the monster I was speaking to.

His red eyes twisted and they...