Page 16 of Devious Nightmare

Quickly, I shower before heading to my room and powering on my laptop. If I’m going to figure out when and how I can bring Blaze back, I need to start working on it now. I’m going to need him here sooner rather than later if Sheriff Donavan is still alive.

What if he remembers my face was the one hovering above him before his eyes fluttered shut? What if I left evidence on him before Blaze and I left the scene? What if my DNA is on the hood of his patrol car after I came all over it? What if he tells someone I was the one who drove the knife into his chest over and over again?

I have so many unanswered questions, and I don’t have anyone I can talk to about what’s going on.

I really wish Blaze was still here.

My earlier panic returns. Dexter is suspicious of the fact that I have the jacket that once belonged to his friend. Donavan is probably being prepped for surgery to repair the damage that my blade caused. I’m covered in blood, but thankfully I don’t think my brother noticed any of it because he’s too focused on what I was wearing.

I need to find a way to fix this mess, and I need to do it before I find myself in a damn jail cell. As a girl who only owns black clothing, orange will not be a good look for me.

I type into the search bar: WHAT DAYS OF THE YEAR ARE THE VEILS BETWEEN WORLDS THE THINNEST.

Immediately my screen fills with articles about Halloween, Samhain, and Beltane or the spring equinox. But, there is one link that lists other names that I’ve never heard before, and I quickly click on it.

There are several holidays…where the veil between our world and the afterlife is just as thin as Samhain and Beltane. Blaze was right.

Now, I just need to hope that I don't end up in prison before then. I’ve never prayed before, but I might start if whatever god listens will keep Donavan asleep until the veil thins again.

The End… For Now