Aurora’s P.O.VI shook my head, willing myself to be rational, even as my legs moved forward, drawn to this person with a familiar yet unrecognizable face. Maybe it was someone from school, I reasoned, or one of Caleb’s friends messing with me.But when I stepped close enough to look at the person…a sense of dread washed over me like a punch to the gut.I stumbled back, gasping, my heart hammering wildly as I blinked, trying to believe it was some cruel trick of the mind. But no, it was real. He was standing there. My father—gaunt, decayed, like he’d crawled straight from his grave, the skin pulled so tight against his skull I could count every ridge and hollow.He looked like a walking corpse, covered in dirt, bits of dried leaves clinging to his skin, his eyes vacant and dull. The smell hit me then, a sour, rotten stench that made bile rise in my throat.“No… no… this can’t be…” I whispered, scrambling backward, the horror churning inside me like a storm.As if in answer, his body je
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