The rotten smell suffocated me. I turned on the path to face the Trinity trees, but night hid them. The squelchy sound intensified.

Something was definitely coming. From everywhere all at once.

It seemed like everyone was holding their breath. No one moved. Even the rain had stopped.

A faint cry from the direction of the Trinity trees pricked the silence and slashed through my heart. "Leigh!"

I knew that voice. "Jo!"

I took off at a dead run. ...