Skeeter refused to look at Frog’s lifeless body. She couldn’t. Instead, her eyes stared into the cold eyes of the human male. He was the one from the Part’s shop on Pyrus. She refused to look anywhere but at his eyes. Bulldog said a person’s eyes told you about their soul. He said if they were cold and lifeless, so was the person. She had once asked him what he saw when he looked into her eyes. He had told her he saw the beauty of the universe.
She blinked rapidly when she thought of Frog’s big, round eyes. They had always been filled with warmth, humor, and a touch of exasperation when he looked at her. Tears filled her eyes at the thought of never seeing that look again.
“Why?” she choked out. “Why did you have to... to... kill him? He never hurt anybody. He...” Her voice broke as the
