Something Bloody

A Story by G Warren

For the prompt "Write a scene during which one character reveals a powerful and emotional truth to another- without using any dialogue." From the book 'The Writer's Lab' by Sexton Burke. Very short

The 17 year old boy stood with a knife in his hand and blood on his hands, clothes, and the bottom half of his face, covering his mouth, chin, and some of his cheeks. He was in a clearing during the dead of the night. Over 30 bodies lay around him. Some had their entrails sitting around them, others were still awake, struggling to breathe as they bled out slowly. The young boy’s mother was in front of him. She looked around in shock at the gore that surrounded her. She looked straight into the depths of her son’s eyes and saw the truth. She collapsed on the ground sobbing. Her son approached her and took care of the last witness to the horrors he had caused.