19 Bryce
When Bryce made it back to the marina, Paige and Billie were nowhere to be found.
“Billie!” he hollered, stepping away from the SUV. “Paige!”
He heard a faint cry on the other side of the marina where some of the larger boats were docked, and immediately took off toward the sound. When he arrived, he found Paige, Billie, and a dead woman’s bloody corpse lying nearby.
“Thank God,” cried Paige, who was crouched down next to Billie.
“What happened?!” hollered Bryce, rushing over to him. “Oh s**t, were you bit?”
He was lying on his side with blood seeping out of a wound on his neck. “Yeah,” he whispered in a hoarse voice.
Bryce took off his T-shirt and pressed it against Billie’s neck. He looked at Paige. “What happened to him?”
She swallowed. “When you were on the boat, about
