Her body froze. Her brain struggled to process what she was seeing, but her chest already knew. Her arms trembled, her legs barely held her up. Without thinking, tears streamed down her cheeks. A ragged sound escaped her lips, somewhere between a sob and a scream.
Alex appeared beside her in an instant, his expression tense with concern. “Don’t move,” he said, calm but firm. Samantha couldn’t have if she tried. She sat frozen, watching as he carefully made his way down the shallow ditch toward the small, still form resting in the dirt.