SUMMER'S POV I tossed in my bed, unable to sleep. The images of that night were seared into my mind like a stamp. The woods, a stranger who could conjure spells, Nini… the look she gave me when I drove the dagger into her, confusion, hurt. Her eyes glistened with tears as she fell to the ground. I ran. As fast as I could. I left her there, all alone in those creepy woods. I was able to get to my brother and when he asked where Nini was, I lied. Of course I did. How was I to tell them that I killed my best friend. I told Chase that she got attacked by a rogue and it killed her. At that moment I wasn't thinking straight. I didn't consider the fact that her corpse didn't look like one that was mauled by a wolf so when Chase suggested that we go back to get her, that she might still be

