Hailey’s POV
Lunch is loud in the usual way..,trays clattering, chairs scraping, people talking over each other like volume is a competition.
Violet sits across from me, animated as ever, waving her fork around while she talks.
“I’m telling you, Roy carried that entire second period,” she says. “Reuben wouldn’t have made it without him.”
I smile faintly. “He always does that. Takes responsibility like it’s his job.”
Violet grins. “That’s why everyone follows him.”
Before I can respond, something cold slams against the back of my head.
Icy, cold liquid flowing over my body....It fells sticky in a very bad way.
It trickles down my hair, soaks into my collar, runs down my spine like a shock. I gasp, my whole body jolting as the cold seeps through my clothes.
The cafeteria goes quie
