The Masked Maiden: an adult urban fantasy (The Aria Fae Series Book 2) by H. D. Gordon

Author:H. D. Gordon [Gordon, H. D.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: H. D. Gordon Books
Published: 2016-04-25T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 39

“An Amber Alert has been issued this afternoon after reports of another missing child came into authorities earlier this morning. The mother of six-year-old Maleia Jackson awoke to find her daughter missing from her bedroom. Police are asking for tips from anyone who thinks they may have information regarding Maleia’s whereabouts.”

Without thinking, I lifted the large metal table in front of me, flipping it up into the air as though it weighed nothing and sending it crashing against the brick wall of the warehouse. It clanked and clattered with a noise so loud that both Sam and Matt cringed visibly. Nick was the only one who didn’t flinch.

On the television screen, the reporter carried on, uncaring of my tirade.

“This kidnapping comes on the heels of other recent travesties that are plaguing the children of Grant City. Just a couple days ago, Shaylee Taylor was found brutally murdered and left in an alley on the eastern end of the city.”

“Dear God, turn it off,” Matt mumbled, his face oddly pale for his dark complexion.

Sam did as he asked, and the television screen went black. “Shit,” she said.

“It’s the girl I saved from the burning building the other night,” I heard myself mumble. “He took her. He probably set the fire, caught me on camera carrying her. It’s been him all along.”

I stalked over to the plastic case and grabbed my jacket and mask, not knowing what I was going to do, but knowing it had to be something. As I pulled the jacket over my shoulders, Sam said, “Aria, this isn’t your fault.”

I only looked at her. What point was there in arguing?

“You can’t just go out tonight like usual,” Sam added. “The entire city is on the hunt. They want blood, and the police and press are all but pointing the finger at you.”

Now words came to me, and they came out harsher than intended. “You want me to just sit here and do nothing?”

Sam met my eyes square, not intimidated. “I want you to not get yourself killed because you feel guilty over something that’s not your fault.”

“We have to find out where he’s holed up,” Nick said, pushing off the wall and joining the group, stopping me from saying something I probably would’ve regretted. We hadn’t spoken about what had taken place the previous night. A text from Sam had woken us up, and things had kind of tail-spun out of control from there.

Now, we were once again at the lair, and the Scarecrow had taken another little girl. I could still remember Maleia’s little face as I’d saved her from the building fire a few days prior, could see the terror behind her big brown eyes and the adorable black, curly puffs of her hair. I knew all too well what the poor child was probably feeling right now. I knew on a deep level that she was likely more terrified than she’d ever be in her entire life.

And, with these thoughts, I knew what I had to do.

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