Danielle.
***All names are fictitious and unrelated to anyone with identical names***
Sarah Jacobs. Daniel McAdams. Mark Smith. Haven Hayes. Jannelle Brown. Terry Lawrence. Brock Samuels.
And Sharon. Sharon Lawson, who had been the Investigator from the New Council and who had tried to help her get away from d**k. This wasn’t the ending she deserved. How had she even gotten caught up in all of this?
Sharon, as well as countless others, were solemnly lined up on their pyres along the forest’s edge. They had all been dressed in simple, black outfits with their eyes closed. Danielle had even seen d**k’s beta, Antonio, in the wreckage. Well, former beta now.
There were too many bodies. It made her sick.
She felt Patrick’s presence behind her, and seconds later, his hand rested on the
