Ignoring the two dumbfounded teenagers, I scrubbed thoroughly at my skin in the frozen cold river. Too lost in thought at how of all the places Ivy's brother would turn up, it was here, miles from his boarding school. He even had a little female friend joining him in witnessing my insanity.
"Why aren't you at school?" I asked whilst scrubbing my hair, feeling the question nagging me worse than System.
Leo's hand held his companions tightly, trembling as their worn-out and terrified selves tried to adjust to the situation and their surroundings. By their state, I could only imagine what they'd endured so far.
"I-I snuck out," he replied eventually, "it was Holly's little sister's birthday party." He couldn't continue as Holly burst into tears at his words. I remembered how tiny the zombies in party hats had been.
