RIVER
Warm… there was something warm seeping between my legs, and the sensation pulled me from the depths of sleep, my eyes cracking open with confusion as I asked myself what was going on.
At first, I didn’t move; the body just listened. But the longer I lay there, the more that warmth spread... unfamiliar, unsettling, and wrong. Sitting up with a jolt, my hand yanked the covers back in a panic.
“What the hell—?” My words died in my throat. There was blood! Between my thighs… on the sheets… on Lexi’s underwear. I froze, my breath hitching before my heart thundered, and my hand flew to my mouth, muffling a gasp.
Shooting out of bed, I tripped over my own legs and stumbled back, crashing into the desk with a thud.
“No, no, no-” My hands clutched my stomach like something was going to
