Chapter 19

Raleigh

I didn’t sleep. I don’t think that any of us did. So many people, so much blood, and no answers. No one saw the attacker. If I believed in such things, I would have thought that it was a vampire. They don’t exist though.

Nothing else makes sense. My thoughts drift to Chris. Does he know everything that is going on? Is he being informed about his dad’s health? I sigh. The pain in my heart reminding me that we were no longer friends.

I hear a knock at my door and I rush to answer it. I never heard my mom come home last night. I was a little worried but too scared to go and find out from Talon. Opening the door, Erin stood there.

Confused, I look her over. “Hello, Erin. Are you okay?”

“I was hoping that you could tell me if you know where Toby is?” She asked quietly, and a little more than worried.

I widen my eyes. “He’s not at home?”

She shakes her head. “He never came home last night.”

My heart starts beating hard and I rush to Talon. I pound on his door. He yanks it open, eyes