Lyla

My entire world stopped.

“W…What…?”

“Mmm, isn’t that right?” she spoke in a soft voice, the same cooing noise that I’d heard earlier suddenly clicking into place in my brain.

No, no no no...

I couldn’t breathe. My lungs were frozen, ice leaking into them and causing me to choke on my own words.

“Now," she went on. "I didn’t get a chance to ask but, what ...