The silence was only broken by the crackling of the fire. Hanna watched as everyone took in her words. She walked over to the pile of wood that Rowan left and chucked a few more pieces into the fire. The sound jolted everyone out of their thoughts. Wendy took in a deep breath, and then she gagged. “What the f**k?” She wretched again, and then the smell hit the rest of us.
“What the f**k is that?” Micca gagged too. It was only Toya, Hanna, and I that didn’t gag. We looked at each other and then back to the other two.
“That…” Hanna started, but stopped.
“That’s what is smells like when you burn bodies.” I finished for her.
Micca groaned and rushed away, puking closer to the house, while Wendy looked at me with wide eyes. “Why are you three okay?”
“Because this isn’t the first time we
