WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK
Lily clutched at Brenna, fingers scrabbling at the fabric of her dress, nails biting deep into the skin on Brenna's sides.
She cried until her neck ached and her throat was fully strained, until she was dumb and only empty spaces were left inside her. It wasn't fair. They had been happy. They had been laughing. They were going to the beach. And now… They were buried beneath the cold, unforgiving earth. Why? Why had she survived?
Why had fate been so cruel?
Brenna stroked her hair, whispering broken apologies, but Lily barely heard her.
The world had gone dark.