Bella The screams went on and on. Deafening in its ear splitting intensity. Scrambling forward I crawled on all fours in the direction Bradley had gone, unable to get to my feet in my rush. And then it stopped. The silence seemed to echo louder than the screaming had. It curled around me, making my heart hammer against my rib cage. There was nothing but the sound of the blood rushing through my veins. “Missy.” My whisper rent the air like I had screamed it when it was barely audible. There was no answer. Just that thick silence that felt like it was suffocating me. Had Bradley killed her? Had he taken her life like he had taken the lives of those innocent students? Was my friend dead because of me? A sob ripped its way from my throat. I sank down into a ball on the carpet. My

