Drowned in Silence

Lisa froze, the air in the hallway felt heavier. The rain outside tapped stronger against the windows. She hadn't expected this.

Since the event of the calamity birds, she had tried to avoid anything connected to Eratz, burying the pain deep inside herself.

Her pulse quickened, and she swallowed hard, her mouth suddenly dry.

Rowan's eyes never left hers as he continued.

"I need your help, Lisa, I don't know if Eratz was innocent or guilty, but I can't shake the feeling that Kenny's been hiding something. I want to believe in what the students have been saying these days and prove Eratz was framed."

Lisa's heart skipped a beat. She had tried to bury those memories, tried to move on, but now Rowan was pulling her back into the very thing she had run from.

"Why me?" she whispered, her voice shaky. She couldn't look him in the eye. "Why not someone else? I'm… not the right person for this."