The world slowed. Time crawled as my eyes locked onto him. The blade I was holding slipped from my fingertips as they went numb. I couldn’t move. Abe was there, but he wasn’t doing anything. He needed to be doing something.
I couldn’t bring myself to move toward him. I didn’t want to see it. I didn’t want it to be real. He was fine. He was always fine.
Cali came outside. She went to Abe. I couldn’t hear what they were saying over the blood rushing in my ears. They both looked at me. I didn’t need to hear them. The looks on their faces said it all.
He was dead.
I didn’t know what to do with myself. I was on the ground, knees sinking into the grass. My hands were shaking. Hot, damp trails blazed their way down my cheeks. The world had gone silent. Still. My eyes locked on his lifeless body, trying to will him to move.
I was frozen. Even as hands grabbed at me. I couldn’t respond. I didn’t know how. My vision blurred as Cali’s face appeared in front of me.
(All excerpts are taken from a lightly edited first draft. The content might change or be removed entirely from the final book.)
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