"I don't need help, thanks."
BUT DON'T YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE DEMERIOUS'S SOUL LIES?
"It doesn't lay anywhere! It's up and about," I scowled.
THE TRUTH IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK, RAVEN. NOW, SINCE YOU DON'T NEED ME "AT ALL", I'LL GO.
"Bye," I said, shrugging. "Sorry, but I'm not one to beg, especially when I've got more serious matters to deal with. Besides, humanity doesn't need you back on the streets. Time's ticking, so I -"
Briiiiiiiing! Briiiiiiiiing!
Huh. That was weird. My landline never rings.
I picked up my landline phone, and I put it to my ear.
"Hello? Raven? We've caught Demerious..." Dianne's panicked voice rang out.
"Okay, where are you?"
"C-come to... Garlynius... S-Square..."
Her voice sounded weak, distant.
"Dianne?" I swallowed, panic seizing my heart.
"H-help," she choked out.
The line went dead.
* * * * * * *
When I arrived, I saw Dianne slumped in an alleyway, her back hunched over in an uncomfortable position. Red metal gleamed at her side.
I ran over, slamming my car door.
"DIANNE!?" I yelled, running across the street, dodging a blue Sedan as it sped past me, honking.
I kneeled down beside her, picking up the metal piece beside her.
Horrified, I realized that it was a knife, painted with fresh blood.
Dianne's black jacket was ripped off. It lay next to her in a heap.
Her white shirt, though, was torn, and it was soaked through with blood.
Dianne's side was the target.
I was about to pick up the second bit of metal, but it was a pair of handcuffs.
She had handcuffed herself to a little boy, his leather shirt covered in dirt, and his khaki pants covered in blood.
His eyes had a malicious glint in them that scared me.
* * * * * * *
"What happened, Dianne. You have to tell me."
"I... I don't know," she answered, her eyes filled with tears. "I swear, I don't remember."
I dropped my hands to my sides loudly, clenching them into fists, angst a spark in my dark, unfocused eyes.
"Raven. Raven."
A cold hand gripped my wrist and pulled me back into reality.
We were in an interrogation room, and I needed to play the part of the interrogator.
We had caught who we needed to... but I was still unsettled.
YOU ARE READING
Underneath the Moon is Where My Secrets Lie
Mystery / ThrillerHe was the only remaining Sharpclaw... or so he thought. Suddenly, there's a reason behind his family's death, and he plans to unfold its messy secret for all to see. But he's not out for justice... ... he's out for blood.
