ding. She needed to get back to her dorm to take her stro

itories. The path forced her to

nts blocked the sidewalk. The sight

covered in red roses. They were arrang

loudly in the sky, rec

wers. He wore a perfectly tailored Tom Ford suit.

e of the grass. Griffin yelled at a group of freshmen to

It picked up thousands of loose red petals. It also

e thick fabric of her N95 mask, the heavy,

of invisible hands wrapped around her neck and

irt over her chest. Her muscles tightened, pulling on the fresh

finally brushed against the hard plastic casing of the auto-injector. She ripped her mask down. She pulled the blue safety release cap off with her teeth. She hovered the orange tip over her right thigh, her hand trembling violently. She hesitated, knowing the massive d

e wind. She pushed through the heav

d air filled her lungs. She leaned her back against a c

vibrating violen

howed fifteen missed calls. The

esolution photo of Howell in the flowers. T

Zoe's voice was frantic. Elinor, the whole school is lo

ld, mocking smile twisted her lip

or Carrie Hutchinson. If you do not want me to

Thirty seconds passed. No one replied. The name "

glass windows of the lib

lex watch. He shifted his weight.

lly walked into that circle, the pol

e man erased the last tiny dro

around. She decided to leave through the b

i sweatshirts walked through the back doors. They st