628-Losing A Friend And Moving On Instantly

Helanie:

I panicked and started digging into the leaves, and there she was, lying there, blue, as if all the blood had been drained out of her body.

"Whoops! Am I supposed to apologize on their behalf? How was I supposed to know she was your friend?" Rune kept taunting and mocking while I began to shudder. I was on my knees, my heart crashing in my chest like thunder.

"No, no, no," I whispered, pulling the leaves away with shaking hands until I saw her face cold, still, and too quiet. She wasn't smiling or talking anymore. Those beautiful eyes she rolled whenever someone teased her. Those lips that said sweet things whenever I was down. And that smile she had carried ever since she found her mate in Gavin. It was all gone.

My breath caught. I grabbed her shoulders, shaking her gently, then harder.