All Chapters of Shadows And Sirens: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Damian ReidRiver quickly gets down from his seat and pulls me toward the dance floor with him under my protests. I really don't do a lot of socialising things other than coming out for a drink and sitting alone, which is not socialising at all.So I awkwardly stand in the middle of the moving crowd while River kneels down and ties his shoelace. He looks a bit drunk as he gets on to his legs again."You know, you should be arresting me now. I am only twenty!" he says with a laugh before moving a little to the music.I chuckle at his words and watch as he moves to the music. My eyes stop at his black earrings, which he had never worn before. He might have the profile of a brat, but he never wore those before. He's also wearing dark clothes and looks a lot different today, which I don't know why."Why did you really come here?" I ask."Oh. No questions. Just dance!" he pulls my arms and swings them from side to side. I let him

Damian ReidWhile seated on a chair in the resting room at the police station, I keep my eyes closed, although I am not asleep. The headache is too much, so this is better.The doors open, and I open my eyes just to see who has come inside. It's Caleb with a coffee in his hands."Mini Lockhart is here," he says."Who?""River."I sit straight in my seat, suddenly on alert, "Oh. Why?" I ask, clearing my throat."Who knows..."I sigh and close my eyes again. Caleb remains in the room, and I can hear him moving around. After a while, he starts speaking, "Yesterday he was at the Casino we visited. I didn't even notice, one of the officers said so. Did you see him?""UH... no." I lie"Oh, well. I assume he was there to do some business.""What kind of?""The Casino we went to belongs to his father. Maybe he was there for some work, maybe just to drink off like the loser he is."Wha

 River Lockhart I walk into the mansion with a smile playing on my lips after sending a text to Officer Damian, but I mask it off as soon as I meet my dad face-to-face. He's on a phone call, followed by two of his bodyguards, and he walks past me as if I were invisible. I just watch as he walks by and turns around to see James and Terry standing in front of me. "Oh, hi," I mutter. "Mr Lockhart asked us to take you to the training room to practice the basics," James says. "Uh. What basics?" I ask. I don't even need an exp

River LockhartI stare at the iron bars in front of me while Lucas dozes off next to me.Ethan strides back and forth in the cell. The only sound echoing through the room is the ticking of the clock and the occasional sighing of the people next to our cell."Why are we here and not them?" Ethan asks me with a groan."They are more injured than us," I mumble."It's all my fault," Lucas points out. "If I hadn't dated Madeline, none of these would've happened.""Oh, shut up." Ethan groans. "It's not the first time we ended up in these cells. Remember when we drunk drove one time and hit a light pole? We were here till we sobered, and my dad had to bail us out.""Exactly." I nod to his words. There's silence in the cell until I speak again, "We missed the mock exam. Will they let us do a supplementary exam?""Probably," Lucas replies."Damn. Who thought we would miss our exam... That fight escalated quickly,

River Lockhart"Don't put on the shirt yet." Officer Damian walks inside just as I try to put the clean shirt he has kept for me on his bed. So I stop midway and look in his direction, wondering what he wants me to do. I woke up at night, not sure how I ended up in his apartment again.I fell asleep out of exhaustion around late evening and when I woke up, I had medication applied on my wounds and new clothes for me to change. I took a light shower, careful not to let too much water onto the wound and came out to wear the new clothes. The pants he prepared for me weren't too big but I couldn't wear the shit, he walked inside."You can't wear a shirt on top of that wound," he says, pointing at my wound."Oh..." I look down at my wound and then at him, "I forgot a