Chapter 19 The Seed Of Suspicion

• ELARA
• The house felt different that morning. Every hallway carried a strange hush, like the walls were listening, waiting. I sat up slowly, rubbing my arms. My room was cold. Too cold. I pulled the blanket around me even though I wasn’t actually shivering.
• I don’t know why, but the silence made me uneasy. It reminded me of the few seconds after Bianca’s scream—when the world didn’t know what to do with itself yet.