Chapter 23
All afternoon, Jamie watched her little sister lying in her bed. Her vivacious, wonderful, funny sister looked defeated, staring up at the ceiling with sightless eyes.
Jamie had learned that as long as she stayed out of the light, people couldn’t see her. In just the last night, making her way across the mountains in the back of a truck, she’d already learned a lot about her new condition.
She wanted to open the window and give Sylvie a hug. Tell her everything was all right.
But everything wasn’t all right. Even through the glass, it was as if Jamie could see the red blood coursing through her dear sister’s neck. Since she’d awakened to this new, strange existence, the hunger hadn’t left her.
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Jamie had woken up in a cold metal box. She sensed it was dark, and yet she
