Chapter 369

Finally, Mila turned back, body shivering, and made her way through the tunnel, pushing Addy's ball out in front. The tunnel seemed shorter on the way back but it felt like she crawled from another time.

An awful time.

The growing light caused a rush of hope. Mila hurried faster, seeing Addy's swinging legs hanging into the manhole. She screamed when Mila popped up beside her.

'Mila!'

Mila jumped, hefting herself up and over the edge of the opening and wriggled, dragging herself out onto the floor.

'Look!' she tried to smile at Addy. 'I found your ball.'

Addy did look, staring at Mila in open mouthed shock.

Mila looked down.

The lovely black dress looked grey, with small clumps from when she'd vomited stuck to the bottom.

'Mila,' Addy stared still her pretty white eyes filling with tears. 'What happened?'

Mila opened her mouth to answer but stopped, staring back at Addy as shivers of cold ran down her spine.

Unable to think, mind stumped over whether what she'd seen had even