Kaida
I had barely made it out of the cafeteria, Helena’s cold words still echoing in my head, when I felt a strange sensation wash over me. It wasn’t just the usual tension I’d been carrying since all this began, but something more. A prickling at the back of my neck, like I was being watched.
I hurried toward my car, my mind a swirl of thoughts, what had Helena meant? Why couldn’t she just be straightforward? Why did everyone in this mess speak in riddles and threats?
Just as I reached for the car door handle, something hard and blunt slammed into the side of my head. Pain exploded through my skull, and the world spun out of control. I barely had time to gasp before darkness swallowed me whole.
When I woke, the cold greeted me first. A sharp, biting chill that seeped into my bones. M
