The car jolted to an abrupt standstill, the sudden force throwing me forward so hard my forehead nearly slammed into the front dashboard.
My heart hammered against my ribs like a trapped bird, panic rising in my throat as confusion swept over me. Why had we screeched to a halt in the middle of this pitch-black, deserted stretch of highway? I watched Damon leap out of the driver's side in a single fluid movement, his body tense and ready for a fight. Fearing the suffocating darkness inside the vehicle even more than whatever was outside, I scrambled after him, my boots hitting the cold asphalt. How could he possibly know someone was lurking out here in the pitch black?
Then my eyes adjusted, and a wave of pure horror washed over me.
A man lay crumpled on the frigid ground like a discarde
