looked at him. “Since when do you
like them?”
“ Rosa,
they ’ re your
enemies, not mine.”
It shocked her to hear what Matt was
thinking. Rosa had thought that her enemies would be also his
enemies, but apparently, it was not that way.
“ You’re right, Matt, my
enemies aren’t yours. You can like them,” she said
dryly.
“ Are you offended?” he
asked, frowning.
She shook her head. “No, of course,
not.”
The mischievous smile appeared on his
face. “Good. I don’t want to let anything come between our
friendship.”
After school, Matt and Rosa made their
way home. They had said goodbye to Jason and Philip. Rosa took out
her car keys and opened her car. It was a black BMW 1
Series—another gift from the hunter clan.
“ Man, Rosa. I would like
be in the hunter clan, too. They pay for your house and give you a
car. This is so cool!” he said, while getting in the
car.
Rosa
smiled and climbed in the car. “Yes, it ’ d be cool if there wouldn’t be the
reward of killing the shadow creatures.”
“ Why don’t you leave the
hunter clan?” Matt wanted to know.
Rosa started the car and drove it out
of the parking lot. She said nothing for a while.
“ Rosa,” Matt said
slowly.
“ I cannot, Matt,” Rosa
replied as they passed a truck.
“ Just because your uncle
is the leader, doesn’t mean you have to be there.”
“ That has nothing to do
with this, Matt.”
He looked at her now. “What is the
matter then?”
Rosa focused on the road. “There are
things you don’t know, Matt.”
Matt threw his hands in the air. “Here
we go again! Why do you always close up when it comes to you? You
never really tell me anything about you. Actually, I don’t know
anything about you.”
She did not want to have this
conversation. Matt knew what had happened to her dad and that she
was a hunter, but that was all. Rosa didn’t tell him anything else,
and it would stay like that.
“ Matt,” she said quietly,
and gave him a sidelong glance. He frowned, which meant that he was
angry and worried.
“ You know something about
me. You know what I like to eat and drink. You know my favorite
color, and my taste in music; you know what I like and what I don’t
like. You know what had happened to my father. That is a lot about
me, Matt.”
“ Yes, I know, but I don’t
know anything about your family, beside your father. I just know
that you have an uncle and come from Russia. That is it. I don’t
know anything about your mother.”
“ There is nothing to know.
I did not know my mother because she disappeared before I had the
chance to meet her. My uncle raised and trained me. I don’t have
siblings. So are you happy now?” Rosa asked angrily.
She could feel Matt’s gaze on her.
Then she felt his warm hand on her arm.
“ Rosa, I’m sorry,” he said
softly. “I didn’t want to bother you.”
She sighed deeply. “It’s
okay.”
“ I know how it is to grow
up without parents.”
She looked at him. He looked at her
with so much sadness it nearly broke her heart. He had lost his
parents and saw them die. Ten years ago, a crazy serial killer made
the streets of the Boston unsafe. Rosa remembered those times.
People were afraid and did not dare to leave their houses at night.
The serial killer targeted families.
He had
creep into their houses at night and murder them brutally.
He ’d tie up the
parents and the children and kill the parents before the children’s
eyes. Then he ’d leave the children with the corpses of moms and dads as he
escaped out the back door.
He was the same serial
killer who had visited Matt’s family in the dead of night. He had
tied them up on a chair and began his perverse games. Matt had to
watch as the serial killer raped his mother first and then murdered
her. Then the serial killer sliced his father’s throat.
With his dead parents in the room,
Matt had been left tied up for several hours. Rosa found him when
she visited. She brought him to the
like them?”
“ Rosa,
they ’ re your
enemies, not mine.”
It shocked her to hear what Matt was
thinking. Rosa had thought that her enemies would be also his
enemies, but apparently, it was not that way.
“ You’re right, Matt, my
enemies aren’t yours. You can like them,” she said
dryly.
“ Are you offended?” he
asked, frowning.
She shook her head. “No, of course,
not.”
The mischievous smile appeared on his
face. “Good. I don’t want to let anything come between our
friendship.”
After school, Matt and Rosa made their
way home. They had said goodbye to Jason and Philip. Rosa took out
her car keys and opened her car. It was a black BMW 1
Series—another gift from the hunter clan.
“ Man, Rosa. I would like
be in the hunter clan, too. They pay for your house and give you a
car. This is so cool!” he said, while getting in the
car.
Rosa
smiled and climbed in the car. “Yes, it ’ d be cool if there wouldn’t be the
reward of killing the shadow creatures.”
“ Why don’t you leave the
hunter clan?” Matt wanted to know.
Rosa started the car and drove it out
of the parking lot. She said nothing for a while.
“ Rosa,” Matt said
slowly.
“ I cannot, Matt,” Rosa
replied as they passed a truck.
“ Just because your uncle
is the leader, doesn’t mean you have to be there.”
“ That has nothing to do
with this, Matt.”
He looked at her now. “What is the
matter then?”
Rosa focused on the road. “There are
things you don’t know, Matt.”
Matt threw his hands in the air. “Here
we go again! Why do you always close up when it comes to you? You
never really tell me anything about you. Actually, I don’t know
anything about you.”
She did not want to have this
conversation. Matt knew what had happened to her dad and that she
was a hunter, but that was all. Rosa didn’t tell him anything else,
and it would stay like that.
“ Matt,” she said quietly,
and gave him a sidelong glance. He frowned, which meant that he was
angry and worried.
“ You know something about
me. You know what I like to eat and drink. You know my favorite
color, and my taste in music; you know what I like and what I don’t
like. You know what had happened to my father. That is a lot about
me, Matt.”
“ Yes, I know, but I don’t
know anything about your family, beside your father. I just know
that you have an uncle and come from Russia. That is it. I don’t
know anything about your mother.”
“ There is nothing to know.
I did not know my mother because she disappeared before I had the
chance to meet her. My uncle raised and trained me. I don’t have
siblings. So are you happy now?” Rosa asked angrily.
She could feel Matt’s gaze on her.
Then she felt his warm hand on her arm.
“ Rosa, I’m sorry,” he said
softly. “I didn’t want to bother you.”
She sighed deeply. “It’s
okay.”
“ I know how it is to grow
up without parents.”
She looked at him. He looked at her
with so much sadness it nearly broke her heart. He had lost his
parents and saw them die. Ten years ago, a crazy serial killer made
the streets of the Boston unsafe. Rosa remembered those times.
People were afraid and did not dare to leave their houses at night.
The serial killer targeted families.
He had
creep into their houses at night and murder them brutally.
He ’d tie up the
parents and the children and kill the parents before the children’s
eyes. Then he ’d leave the children with the corpses of moms and dads as he
escaped out the back door.
He was the same serial
killer who had visited Matt’s family in the dead of night. He had
tied them up on a chair and began his perverse games. Matt had to
watch as the serial killer raped his mother first and then murdered
her. Then the serial killer sliced his father’s throat.
With his dead parents in the room,
Matt had been left tied up for several hours. Rosa found him when
she visited. She brought him to the
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