~~~Freya~~~

The words hit me like a blow 

We lost her.

For a few seconds, everything went silent. My brain refused to process what Samantha had just said. I stood there frozen, staring at her with wide, unblinking eyes as the world around me started spinning.

“No…” I whispered, my voice barely audible. “No… you’re lying. She was just… she was just talking to me. She can’t be…”

My knees buckled. I felt like someone had ripped the ground from under my feet. A sharp, suffocating pain exploded in my chest as the reality crashed down on me.

“No! No, no, no!” I screamed, my voice breaking into a raw,...