Aria
I am standing with my back against Caleb’s chest. His arms are protective around my waist.
“This is going to be a beautiful sunrise,” he murmurs.
“I agree,” I turn my face backwards and he kisses me softly.
“Please,” Rodney moans in pain next to us, but we ignore him. Honestly, I am surprised he has not begged us to kill him yet.
The sky slowly turns lighter as the first rays hit the earth. Mesmerized, we watch the sunlight moving closer and closer to us. Rodney starts squirming and tries to stay in the tree’s shadow. His hysterical cries disturb the morning bliss when his foot catches fire. The sunlight spreads the fire up his leg until he is completely engulfed in flames.
Caleb and I turn around and walk away as his cries of agony die.
“I cannot wait to get home and into bed,
