Chapter 9
Seeing Issac's parents, left a warm mark on me. As we drove back to the hotel, I couldn't stop thinking about they're happy smiles welcoming me. We pulled into the parking lot. Getting out, I fiddled with the keys looking down, "So, your parents seem nice." I said. "Yeah, they're pretty normal actually." He said as we walked up to our room. "A normal family, huh." I said as we walked up the stairs. "Yeah. I guess you never experienced something like that." He said pushing his hands in his pockets. "Yeah. My normal is waking up to the oldests preparing for a hunt, and going to sleep, hearing the youngest whispere, 'play with me'." I joked with a small smile. He shivered, "That's a messed up life." he said. "Maybe, but I guess I should thank it." I said looking up at the ceiling. "It wasn't the best ever, but I'd choose that life than no life at all." I looked at my feet, and the conversations ended as we approached our door. I turned the key, unlocking the door, and walking in, I stopped cold. On the far side of the room was a silhouett of a person to know who she was. "Hey there, Tessa." Riah's voice said too calm to be comfortable. She looked at us, smirking slowly. "Riah. How did you find us?" I asked shaking a little seeing her. "Not that hard honestly." She said pulling a knife from her thigh holder. "But, let's not talk about it here. Why don't we take a little drive, to a place I'd love to go to let off a little steam." she said smirking bigger. "Oh. So where's that?" I asked trying to keep calm. "Why don't you ask the Mr. and Mrs." she said pressing a button on her phone, and turning the screen to us. On the other end of the camera, there was a familiar house. But, it wasn't until there were the faces of Issac's parents that I remembered. They were tied to the kitchen chairs, sitting in the middle of the room. His mom had blood running from her...