Chapter 224

Elodie’s POV

The iron gates of the high school had always felt like an entrance to a battlefield, but today, they felt like the mouth of a lion.

Kiernan’s black truck rumbled as we pulled into the senior parking lot, the sound cutting through the morning air like a growl.

I could feel the eyes on us before we even came to a complete stop.

Faces pressed against the glass of the cafeteria windows;