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It was done.
Rayla stood frozen with shock as she watched the now lifeless body of the guard in front of her. Blood spilled from his throat, turning the mud below into a sickly red color.
She had killed him.
He was dead.
She had taken a life.
Her breaths came hard, but Rayla couldn't tell if it was from running, or the twisting in her gut.
She had taken, She was a full assassin. She should feel proud but... She didn't... She felt sick, like she could puke at any moment. For a moment, she thought she would.
Her knees felt weak, her arms felt like they could barely hold themselves up, much less her bla- Rayla glanced down as her weapons, only to shout as she saw just how blood covered she was in general. It dripped from the metal blades onto her fingers, then down to her hands, then arms... She dropped her swords into the mud in disgust, immediately hating the warm, wet feeling. The falling water did nothing to wash away the blood, it only allowed the blood to move faster down her arms, then drip onto her shoes and her pants.
The lightning flashed, and she caught sight of the guard's gray, lifeless eyes, still full of terror from the last moments of his life. His mouth was open in a scream that Rayla had cut short, red mud washed over his tongue, staining it the same color alongside the rest of the face submerged into the water.
She backed away from the body, her breath catching in her throat, only for her legs to give out beneath her. She fell into the mud with a shriek, barely catching herself on her hands and knees. Everything felt wet and warm now, she was sitting in his blood-!
A stray sound escaped her throat, not a laugh, she didn't smile... Was she crying? Was that a sob? The rain roared in her ears, she could hardly hear herself, yet she knew her heart was beating faster than the Lunar Wolves ran on a hunt.
She brought her hands out of the mud, only to stare as the red refused to wash away. She was shaking, she realized with horror.
Why was she shaking?
She had done what she had to do, why was she so upset?! She had done what she was supposed to! She had done her job, why was she crying and shaking?!
What was wrong with her?!