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The park was silent and still in the aftermath of the attack. No one moved; no one spoke, and the wind that should have been warm and comforting had a distinct chill. Only then did Melissa notice the corpses. Her mind had been too focused on staying alive to really take in the sight of them.
There were several that she noted: a woman in a green dress who was sprawled out on her side, a man in shorts and a t-shirt who stared lifelessly at the sky. If only they had gotten here just a few minutes sooner…
Melissa hugged herself, shivering as a chill raced through her body. She shook her head and let out a squeak. “No,” she mumbled. “It's not fair.”
She sank to her knees.
There were sirens other Keepers moving through the park; she heard them, sensed them as they arrived. Paramedics and
