Deafening screams erupted through Eski’s ears. She rushed to consume the red liquid oozing out of the neck of the corpse that lies before her, hoping to make them go away. No matter how much blood she ingested, the demonic souls cried out for more and more. After a few minutes, the screams silenced. The girl shakily rose, wiping her hands on her already red soaked dress. Wiping her mouth on her sleeve, she examined the lifeless body in front of her. She felt guilty every time it came to this, but it’s what had to be done. The shrieks from the souls that reside in her tortured mind would only quiet down at the taste of blood, so she fed them.

Suddenly, a man’s voice echoed at the entrance of the alley. Eski looked around in a panic trying to find security in a hiding place, then her eyes landed on the dumpster towards the fence. She threw her body towards it and hid behind the large metal container holding her breath. Footsteps could be heard stomping on the concrete and immediately came to a halt with a horrified gasp.

“O-oh my god! Somebody, help!” The man yelled, his footsteps now racing towards the street. Eski peered around the corner of the dumpster and crawled over the fence as quickly as she could. The end of her dress tore, but she hadn’t noticed in the moment. Eski had now ran for three blocks and decided to catch her breath. Thank God it had been nighttime, otherwise her bloody attire would raise many questions. She made her way into her cheap apartment and locked the door immediately behind her. She felt as though she was being watched. She peeked out her window, then quickly closed the curtains. Nobody was there. Well, so it seemed. Exhaustion overtook her body and Eski fell into a dreamless sleep on her couch.

The next morning, she sat up and stretched. She caught a glimpse of red on her arm and realized she hadn’t showered from last night’s feeding. As she rose off the couch, she stopped dead still when laying her eyes upon a smiling man standing across the room.

“Good, you’re awake.” The man said, taking his back off the wall and stepping in Eski’s direction. She was frozen in fear. This only seemed to cause more joy for this mysterious person.

“You won’t suffer for much longer, girl.” She almost spoke up but then darkness overcame her vision. She couldn’t move. She couldn’t speak. Eventually, along wither her absence of sight, came ear-splitting screams. Eski wanted to cry but she couldn’t. The souls had overtaken her. But this is what she wanted, right? Her greatest wish was to never feed on a human again.

She's always spewing hateful words into my mind. Ruining all of the success and progress I've made for myself. Any accomplishments or good deeds I'm proud of, she stomps the hope for myself into the dirt. She will never let me be happy again. I wish I could leave her, but we're a part of each other. We're one. She's the part of me that should never see the light of day, and I do my best to keep her away. It doesn't work. For I am her, and she is me. No matter how many rays of sunshine make it's way through into my clouded mind, it's as if she crashes through and along with her, another familiar storm. No day goes by where I don't wish to be without her. But, she is a part of me I will always have. My troubled soul is my adversary, and that it shall remain.