Grim Life by Nicky Graves

Author:Nicky Graves
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pierced Heart Publishing

14

It was the next day, and I couldn’t stand to be in Lawson’s apartment for a second longer. If I stayed here and hid, it was just as useless as if I had stayed in prison.

I still had no idea where to go, but I had to reach out to either Lawson or Ranger. And where was Treble? The longer I was without him, the more nervous I became.

It didn’t help that I also had a guilty conscience. My mom had to be worried sick about me. Were she and David okay? Had the elders looked for me at the house?

Shifting to the street in front of my house, I looked at it from beyond an oak tree. I wasn’t sure what I expected to see. Maybe some reaper forcefield that alerted the elders if I returned home. Or maybe the house would be burnt to ashes by demons or Azrael. My mind whirled through possibilities. But seeing it completely untouched worried me even more. It felt like a trap.

I looked for movement in the house. But with the position of the sun, all I could see was a glare.

I shifted into David’s room, knowing he would be at school. At this point, I didn’t trust that my room was safe. Creeping to the door, I listened for sounds. Voices floated up from downstairs.

I recognized Mom’s voice, but there was a man’s voice that was unfamiliar.

“Does Riley have a history of running away?” the man asked.

“No, never. We hadn’t even argued.”

“Sometimes it’s not about home but the pressures of school.”

“She was doing fine,” Mom said. “At least, I think she was. Maybe talk to her best friend, Larue.”

I backed away from the door. It sounded as though they were in the living room. Shifting to the kitchen, I quietly snuck food from the cupboards. While I wouldn’t die from starvation, my body wasn’t used to not eating. The grumbly emptiness demanded food.

A hand clamped on my mouth and I was dragged back into someone right before they shifted. Just as we reappeared in a wooded section of a park, the hand fell away. I turned to find Ranger.

“Sorry if I scared you,” he said.

Relieved at finally finding someone that could help me, I hugged him.

“Hell, you’re strong,” he said.

I let my arms fall away and stepped back. “Sorry.”

“Where have you been?”

“Besides reaper prison, I stayed at Lawson’s apartment the last two nights. I tracked down Vance to see if he knew anything.”

“You tracked down a vampire?”

“He got me into this mess. I figured he could at least tell me where Treble is.”

“Treble isn’t with you?”

“No. I don’t know where Treble is, but I still have use of the stone. I’m worried. Where could he be?”

“I didn’t even know they could be separated.”

“Apparently they can. And it was a demon that figured out how.”

“I heard about MacLean. I’ve asked around, but I don’t think that’s his real name.”

“What am I supposed to do?” I asked. “I can’t go home. I can’t go to the dead zone.

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