Chapter Thirteen

           Not one word from Riley’s friends so far. Mitchell had someone looking into it and was calling around still. It seemed like he was a leader of sorts here. I wonder if that was a government official type thing as well or just a role, he sort of fell into with the group.  The patriarch of the “family”. I still hadn’t seen the others, but a maid (I think) came in to check on me.  She was very sweet; I think she could sense I was upset.  She definitely did not seem like a vampire. I guess it would be hard to tell, but she didn’t have the same demeanor as the others. She was… Innocent. At least in comparison.

            My cell phone started ringing, with the caller ID reflecting “Unknown”. I used to never answer these calls, but I also have never been dead before. First time for everything. “Hello?” Silence. &