Neriah Hale lost her family at the age of ten, leaving her in the town of Beacon Hills with no one but two boys and a secret that she'd spent her whole life hiding. But when one of the two boys gets bitten, she has to reveal her true self to help sa...
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ALL afternoon, I had been confused and somewhat lost. Riah was weird this afternoon with the way she was acting and clearly hiding the fact that she was upset over something she wouldn't tell me about.
At first, I thought maybe it was something to do with the whispers about Derek, but once she avoided Scott walking past her on the field, I knew it had to do with him.
Riah usually smiled at him or talked to him, but today she outright glared at him, which was odd.
And then he sat next to me, telling me that she apparently liked me, which, by the way, I still couldn't wrap my head around, and I wasn't even going to bother since he was obviously lying. He had dried blood on his jersey and a pissed-off look on his face while avoiding my eye contact.
It didn't take a genius to connect the dots.
Scott kissed Riah, and she obviously did something about it to make him bleed.
That also explained her smudged lipstick that was never ever smudged.
A week ago, I wouldn't have thought twice about it or gotten upset, but today? Yeah, I was pretty upset.
Which led to another damn question: why was I so upset about it?
Taking in a deep breath, I pushed open Scott's door and walked inside. Scott might've been on my pissed-off list right now, but I didn't want him killing anyone.
But I did have a few ideas of payback on behalf of Riah.
"Scott?" Melissa asked when I closed the door behind me.
I gave her an awkward smile. "Stiles."
Nervously laughing, she pointed at my hand. "Key."
This was more awkward than having a silent dinner with Riah an hour ago. "Yeah," I laughed, holding the key up. "I had one made, so..."
Yep, I just knew that she thought I was insane.
"That doesn't surprise me. It scares me, but it doesn't surprise me," she mumbled. "No Riah tonight?" Looking around me, she probably expected Riah to walk through the door at any moment.
"Uh, she's back at mine," I admitted, leaning back on the heels of my feet. "The whole Derek Hale thing has taken a bit of a toll on her."
"I was worried it would," she said quietly, pulling out her phone. "I've been meaning to invite her over for dinner, but I've been so busy with work."
"Oh, that's okay. She's currently re-watching every Harry Potter movie," I lied straight through my teeth and then dropped my duffle bag full of chains on the ground, cringing at the sound.
Slowly looking away from her phone, she pointed to the bag. "What is that?"
"Uh," I drawled, looking back up at her. "School project."
