I screamed, turning her over. Her face was pale and lifeless, her mouth torn open at both ends, her eyes closed, and her body limp. Dread coiled over me as my chest heaved. My breath came out ragged, uneven, and my entire body trembled as though something inside me had shattered beyond repair.“Becky!” I called, frightened when she didn't move.I tried to lift her up from the mud, but her body was so weighty, and her arms fell limply to the side. That was when it made sense, like light itself was brutally stripped out of me. Like the world itself never existed.“Nooo!” My cry tore through the dense air, echoing into the fog. I didn’t care who heard it. I didn’t care about spirits, or consequences, or unseen eyes watching from the shadows. Let them come. Let them attack. Nothing could be worse than this.Becky lay in my arms, pale and broken. Bruises and marks littered her skin, barely visible through the dim haze, yet each one felt like claws scraping mercilessly across my heart.I s
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