The Monster Files Box Set by Cate Dean

Author:Cate Dean [Dean, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teen & young adult, paranormal & urban, coming of age murder mystery novel series horror monsters demons mythology legends supernatural rune, first love teen romance
Publisher: Cate Dean
Published: 2015-12-05T05:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

“Alex.” The voice kept repeating my name, piercing through the throbbing, jaw clenching pain in my head. “Open your eyes. I know you can hear me.”

Slowly, sure my head would explode if I moved even my eyelids too fast, I obeyed. And looked into Mrs. Hyatt’s angry and not-quite-sane gaze.

She stood over me, dressed in clothes that looked like she picked them off the dollar sale rack at the local thrift store. I’d never seen her so sloppy—she always looked like an untouchable Barbie doll, perfect and pulled together.

Behind her I saw the crumpled SUV, on its side and still groaning from the crash. I had been thrown out, or she pulled me out. Either way, my body felt pummeled, and I couldn’t defend myself against her if my life depended on it.

“Sam—”

“Oh, he is quite alive, along with that freak of a cousin.” She crouched down, brushing hair off my cheek. “They should have died, with the others. I want them both to die, slow and hideous, like my Sarah.” I blinked up at her. Who was Sarah? Did I miss something? “But I am going to give you something Sarah never had. A chance.”

I wanted to scream when she lifted me, settled me against the back bumper of the SUV. It took all the strength I had left to focus on her voice.

“You have a chance to save one of them. Which one will you choose?” She tilted her head to one side, staring at me like an insane bag lady. “I look forward to finding out.” Leaning in, she whispered against my ear. “You can only have one of them back, and here is your clue: follow the path that led you to the haven.” She stood, pushed tangled hair off her forehead. I saw the smear of blood then, and the thin cut on her temple. “I can’t guarantee you’ll get there in time, but at least you have a sporting chance. Sarah did not.”

“Who—” I swallowed, my throat so dry it felt like I’d been drinking sand. “Who is Sarah?”

Mrs. Hyatt moved so fast I didn’t even have time to blink.

She grabbed the front of my shirt and hauled me up, so angry her face flushed red. “Sarah was my daughter. She believed the haven was a good cause—and she died for that belief. For those freaks who don’t deserve anything but a slow death.”

The Hyatts had another daughter? I understood now why Katie felt like she was put at arm’s length. Mrs. Hyatt was too busy mourning, and apparently plotting an insane revenge.

“Please,” I whispered. “They didn’t have anything to do with—”

“They had everything to do with her death!” For a terrifying few seconds I thought she was going to hit me. Repeatedly. Instead she pushed me against the SUV and started pacing. “I thought the fire would be enough to stop them. But they are returning, infesting my town with their evil, walking among us like they have every right—”

She cut herself off and stopped, trying to straighten her shabby jacket, brushing her fingers through her hair.

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