KAIA'S POV
The forest was too quiet. No birds, no wind, no rustling leaves. Just silence. Thick, heavy silence that made it obvious that all wasn't well, that everything wasn't okay.
I stood frozen with the others, unable to move. Dread crept up my spine like cold water, and every part of me screamed that something was wrong. Horribly wrong.
Her head was tilted to the side, hanging at a strange, painful angle. Her skin looked pale, too pale. Almost gray.
I couldn’t look away. My heart pounded in my chest, and I felt sick. This was the same girl I had just seen not even an hour ago. And now this was what had become of her.
Her coat—the same one I’d seen her wearing earlier—was on the ground nearby. It was just lying there, like she’d taken it off without thinking. Like she hadn’t cared
