One of them looked up at her with a look of pity. “I’m sorry, we can’t do that, she’s already dead.”

Delilah’s heart ceased to beat as she glanced down at her mother’s body. There was a deep wound gushing blood across her neck, and her eyes were wide open even though she was…dead. “W-Who?” Delilah stuttered out. “Who did this to her? Who killed my mother?”

Her knees buckled, and she fell on them as a sudden weakness gripped her muscles. She couldn’t ...