Sullen

When Sullen woke she sat straight up. The smell of earth and water slid against her skin. Blinking, she looked up at the waterfall that both boys had taken her to.

Why on earth had he brought her here? The grass was high around where he sat her down, and a headache was forming at the base of her skull. She felt like he’d dragged her over every stump in the woods.

“Beautiful place, isn’t it?”

Sullen didn’t even bother looking over her shoulder. She ...