Madeline POV
I was numb. My body wouldn’t stop shaking but I couldn’t feel the cold. I had no idea what I should be doing or how I should be acting, but all I could feel was a deep void in my soul. A darkness that loomed over every inch of my mind. Just this morning my little girl was alive and breathing. Smiling at me and chatting with no idea that it would be her last day on Earth.
And now…I swallowed the lump that seemed to be constantly stuck in my throat as I stared at her porcelain face in the open white coffin. I had no more tears left to cry. She sacrificed herself for all of us. The broken and scared look in her eyes when she said goodbye to me will haunt me forever. If I could trade places with her, I would. She looked peaceful. Serene. Her black hair away from her face and he
