Chapter 13
Warrior charged into the room and the lights snapped back on. Scout kept Shadow tucked close to her and leaned out into the room to see Ruth lying facedown on the floor. Well, that had been inevitable, precariously perched as she had been.
Only Ruth wasn’t moving. And someone was still screaming, one continuous blast of sound without seeming to need to draw breath.
“Stop it,” Warrior said calmly as she knelt by Ruth’s side. “Calm yourself.”
Girl was growling, her hackles rising into a terrifying ridge of black fur. Ebba got out of her bunk and crossed over to sit on the edge of Clementine’s bunk, pulling the girl into a tight hug. At last the screaming stopped as suddenly as it had begun.
“She’s dead,” Scout said. Warrior nodded.
“How?” Liv demanded.
The door to Viola’s r
