[ WP ] Killing any creature inflicts an illness or blight upon yourself , for example killing a spider gives you a persistant itch , and killing a dog renders you paralysed for a long time . You 've just had to kill an animal that was attacking your young child , and are now suffering the consequences .

As I held my young son close to my chest, I stared at the dead body of the rabid raccoon that had jumped at him moments before. I could feel the rash creeping along my hands and up my arms, dark red rings of irritated skin developing along my legs and back as well. I knew that I only had moments left before the medic arrived to prevent the onset of human rabies.My husband touches my shoulder gently before taking our son from my rash coated arms. As the killer, I am the only one affected and neither my husband nor our son Jack has picked up the rash. 
 I kick the pistol away and Markus picks it up and reholsters it in his belt. 
 I will live with this rash for the rest of my life but it was worth it to protect my son from certain death. 
 
 First time posting a response to a prompt, someone please tell me if there are mistakes
