Chapter Thirty-Nine: A Reprieve

Miya POV

Riever: Stay safe.

I was already dressed and ready to go when I received that text. My parents were of a similar mindset- another body had shown up, so I needed to be really careful showing my face right now. But the partygoers couldn’t possibly know what I was.

And besides. The main reason I was going was because Jenny and Harper were going too.

I’d chosen an orange dress with black tights and a black cardigan. I looked a little more ‘pumpkin’ than might have been cool, but it was close enough to Halloween anyways, so… ‘tis the season. I slipped on my boots when I heard gravel crunching in the driveway.

“Are you sure about this?” mom asked for the second time. I knew she was hoping I would call it off at the last minute.

“I’ll be fine,” I said. “Harper and Jenny will be t……