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"Erass?" she asks, resting her head on my shoulder as the rain lets up "Was it fro , and what Asher warned me to do--don’t trust anyone "Yeah, Raven, they are froether across the ceaood and evil

But which one a and blue and red lights flash across the dark cemetery as the police vehicles pull up and block the exit Doors shove open and cops hop out with flashlights in their hands

"Alright," one of theh the gates "Put your hands up where we can see the I’rave and the only proof that I didn’t kill her fleith the wind

Raven sobs into my shirt and clutches onto me "I want this to all be over Pleaseme crazy"

"Don’t worry," I say "It’s alates, spotting their flashlights across the grass and cracked touns and batons in their hands The one that shouted ataway from us When he reaches me, I let Raven stand on her own

"Ember Edwards, I should have known," Officer McKinley’s expression instantly turns biased as he reht he picked me up from my house, after my car was found in the lake "There was an anonymous tip that the body of Mackenzie Baker could be found at the Hollows Grove Cemetery"

Withabout that"

He spotlights the flashlight in Raven’s eyes "What’s she on? And why is there blood on her neck? Were you two doing so?"

"Like a vampire ritual," I joke unenthusiastically

He narrows his eyes and blinds et sht"

Raven blinks and shields her face with her hand "We were taking a shortcut to our houses through the woods and I tripped and cut h "That’s ere doing, just barely--heading to go find a phone and call the hospital, because neither of us have our phones"

The cop reaches for Raven and checks underneath the piece of shirt she pressed to her neck He pulls a revolted face,to need a few stitches" He sighs and motions at us to ith hiates, the cops search the cemetery, the trees, behind headstones A female officer, with her hair braided in the back, wanders toward the hole in the ground where Mackenzie’s body lies

"Hey, I think I got soun poised in front of her

A lanky officer, with a bald head, hurries over to the hole and beaht down in it I hold my breath and wait for him to announce he found the body

"It’s just a hole," he calls out to the others "It’s probably so up a feeeks ago"

Caate and shines the light in our eyes "You two know anything about this?"

Raven and I shake our heads innocently "Nope"

He focuses in on me "Are you sure that’s true?"

I wonder if he’s a real cop, or the same kind as Detective Crammer "Yep, it’s true"

He shakes his head in disbelief "Well, I’ We have to make sure your story adds up"

We finish the walk to the police car as the rest of the cops keep searching for Mackenzie’s body, but I have a feeling her body one forever But the question is: who took it?

Cameron? Or Asher?

Raven and I climb into the back of the cop car, each on our separate side, divided by lies, secrets, and distrust As the police, I watch the ce the trail of death follow ht sunny day, shining throughon an open book, and ht reading through pages about Angels and death, searching for answers and a way to bring an Angel of Death back to Earth

I cliet dressed in a ratty T-shirt and some cutoffs The house is as quiet as a ce treat to recover froets back I have to decide how to ask her about Grand stress on her

Raven is on vacation with her ot released from the same facility my mom’s at the day after the Reapers tried to destroy us Ian spends most of his time locked away in the attic His muse disappeared for a little while, and when I asked Ian about it, he told me it was none of ht