Chapter 20

• REBECCA
• My throat throbbed and ached, a result of the unrestrained screams that had torn from it. Exhausted, I found myself devoid of tears, my eyes dry and vacant. The ability to even utter a sound had abandoned me, leaving me in a haunting silence. Shock's electric current surged through my body, rooting me in place as the scene before me unfolded in horrifying clarity.
• The surreal nature of what I was witnessing simply couldn't be real, my mind protested.