Carmilla by Kim Turrisi

Author:Kim Turrisi [Turrisi, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9781525302930
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Published: 2019-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

• NINE •

We trudge back to my room, all somber. This is quite a predicament. Carmilla couldn’t have done this. It’s impossible — she’s been restrained for hours.

“I just don’t get it. All the signs were there. They were pointing directly to Carmilla. No question. Sarah Jane shouldn’t be …” I know my voice is cracking. I’m on the verge of tears. Perry pats me on the back. If we were wrong, and it seems like we were, then I did a horrible thing to Carmilla. I lift an eye toward her and she snarls before turning away.

Fair.

We 100 percent screwed this up.

Danny dashes in, waving two index cards.

“These were in their rooms on their beds. It’s the exact same drivel that was on your card. Same muck stuck to them as was on the one left for you. It’s all connected somehow.”

LaFontaine shadows Danny with a pair of test tubes. “I’ll take some samples. We’ll figure out exactly what this sludge is.”

Danny is thinking out loud. “Someone kidnapped Sarah Jane and Natalie, right? But why a second time? Why go through the trouble of giving them back, then kidnap them all over again?” Not to mention killing one of them.

Kirsch walks over. “I don’t understand that either. It was supposed to be fun. We had beer pong and everything.” I almost feel sorry for him. He’s all about the party.

Out of nowhere, he lunges at Carmilla, grabbing her neck. “Why would you do this to her?”

We all leap to stop him, but it’s Danny who pries him off Carmilla. “She wasn’t there, Kirsch. She’s been tied up here for the last few hours. It’s not her.”

Carmilla screams through her duct tape. I can’t even look at her. This is all my fault.

Kirsch backs off, chilling out. “Thanks, Summer Psycho. I’m just freaking out about Sarah Jane. I liked her. I need to be with my bros.”

I reach for his elbow. “Hang on, the bros can wait. We have to figure out why this is all happening.”

“Let’s review. One dead girl. One captured vampire,” LaFontaine says.

“Now what?” I ask.

Carmilla shifts around in her chair, banging it on the floor to get our attention.

LaFontaine checks her out. “This is a bit of a dilemma we’re in.”

“I never wanted to kidnap anyone,” Perry snaps. “This is a monumental mess. I think I’m breaking out in hives.”

I state the obvious. “We need to untie her, Danny.”

“What if she’s involved somehow?” Danny says.

LaFontaine is on Danny’s side. “I’d like to point out that it took six of us to subdue her and she still seems pissed off so I’m not in favor of unleashing the beast.”

“It’s not her!” I insist.

“Pretty sure it’s illegal to hold someone hostage,” Perry points out.

“I could take her to the bio lab. I bet there’s all kinds of things we could learn with a little probing here and there. Blood work. Standard stuff.” No one jumps on LaFontaine’s bandwagon. “Or maybe she could answer a few questions or something.”

“Look, this is my doing,” I say.

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