Ella's POV
"Alex, get up. What did you see?" My voice broke as I shook her, both hands gripping her shoulders like I could force her back to consciousness through sheer will.
She didn't move.
She lay exactly where she'd fallen, pale and damp, her chest rising so faintly I had to lean in close just to be sure she was still breathing. No matter how hard I tried, she wouldn't respond. Alex was completely gone.
A cold wave of fear settled deep in my chest and squeezed. My hands wouldn't stop trembling. I looked around, eyes dragging across the treeline, half-expecting something to come crashing through.
"We don't know what's out there." Olivia's voice cracked behind me. "What are we going to do?"
I swallowed hard and forced myself to think.
"We keep moving," I said. "That's the only opt
