Ria's Web of Lies: A Ria Miller Urban Fantasy (Ria Miller and the Monsters Book 1) by Nigel Henry

Author:Nigel Henry [Henry, Nigel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 2017-06-11T06:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

"You came across a WHAT?"

My father's face is a mixture of surprise and horror as he questions me on the living room sofa. My mother isn't saying anything, she's just hugging me closely. Perkins is sitting in the recliner across from us.

My parents were waiting up for us when Perkins got me home, and the looks on their faces said they'd already heard the news.

"I told you, it was a vampire. Same as you see in the movies. Pale, strong, fangs, taste for blood, the works."

"But how is that possible? We've been doing this for years and we've never come across one."

"I guess they just got sick of hiding with their good friend Nessie and decided it was time to see the world," I reply.

"And you fought it?" My mother says, her voice strained. "What we're you thinking? We don't know anything about vampires. You could've been killed!"

"Hey, it's not like I walked around looking for a fight. I was just trying to get back to my car. He was the one standing in my way, drinking another human's blood."

"Just heard back from dispatch," Perkins chimes in. "The Jane Doe Ria came across is dead. Her neck was torn open. A couple of people said they saw a black male in a hoodie running away from the scene. I don't think anyone will be able to ID Ria."

"Oh come on," I groan. "I don't look like a boy!"

"That was reckless and foolish," my Dad says, and the anger is clear in his voice. My parents have a thing about monster hunting: they'd both much rather I not be a part of it, but they know I'm far safer knowing how to defend myself against supernaturals. So they trained me, but they set down some ground rules on day one. Rule number one is simple: run away from anything you don't know to kill.

"I know, and I'm sorry," I said. "But I think this changes the Tech disappearances."

"You think a vampire killed them?" Perkins asks.

"I don't think it's a coincidence that students go missing right around the same time that trolls start wandering out in public and vampires show up. Something is happening in the city, but Mark Bell's not part of it."

"What makes you so sure?"

I pull out my phone and open the photo of the letter Bell received. "This," I say as I hand Perkins the phone. "Someone's threatening to kill his family if he talks."

"So why hasn't he show this to us yet?"

"Probably because it says his family will be killed if he did.” I turn to my parents. "I think Mark is being set up as the fall guy here, and I think it's by a teacher."

"A teacher?" Mom asks.

I nod. "Mark said Camila was sleeping with a teacher and that Marcela knew about it. I think the teacher is trying to cover his tracks."

"Got any suspects?" Perkins says.

"As a matter of fact, I do. The math teacher, Mr. Foster. What do you have on him?"

"Don't know

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