[Volkov Estate — Eastern Courtyard, October 31st, 12:27 PM]
The constant hammering of rain intensified through the shattered courtyard.
Blood diluted into darker streams across the marble floor while chunks of broken stones and uprooted trees littered the eastern gardens. The distant hum of emergency sirens echoed from somewhere deeper inside the mansion, muffled beneath the thunder and lightning of the raging storm.
"Alaaaric..."
For a moment, Nikolai saw a flicker of clarity wash over its barely humanoid face for a brief moment, before it started raging once again.
The abomination clawed at its own skull again.
Its oversized fingers dug into rotten flesh hard enough to expose fragments of bone beneath the skin. The stomach-mouth along its abdomen hung open with rows of jagged teeth snapping against one another while saliva spilt onto the ground.
"...Alaric..."
Nikolai stared silently at the creature who barely resembled the man he'd once met.
