Sylent Nyght by Amber Riel (best books to read for students .txt) 📕

Calvin nodded.

In Europe, Nyght stood in the baby’s room, crying.  She stood in front of the small wooden crib, cradling her arms while she sang:

                             “Silent night, holy night

                             All is calm, all is bright

                             Round yon virgin, mother and child”

She worked her way out of the baby’s room and over to window, staring outside into nothing.  She was lost in a daze while she thought about her dead child.  She lost her weight and dropped to the floor.         

Raymond wondered into the room and noticed his wife on the ground, filled with tears from her broken heart.  He sat next to her.         

“He was just a baby.  How can they get away with that?” Nyght asked through the tears of pain and sorrow sliding down her cheeks.         

Raymond held her in his arms.  He tried his best to stay strong for his wife while he fought back the pain and hurt from the event himself.  “It’s okay.  Don’t cry, honey.”         

“But they took…. They just came in here…. And they….”         

“I know.  It hurts what they did, but just try to calm down.”  He looked at Nyght.  “Look come on, I have to check to make sure you don’t have that plague.  Come on.”  He stood up, pulling the woman to her feet.  He helped her into his little office.  He had her sit down.  He went and grabbed some of his medical tools.  “Okay, honey.”         

“Raymond, I don’t care if I have the plague or not.  I would have rather died tonight then to watch them kill our child.  It hurts how they could get away with such a horrible thing.  Why are they allowed to do that?  Why?”         

The doctor hugged his wife.  “It’s going to be okay.  They’re going to get what they deserve.  It angers me too but there’s nothing we can do about it.”         

“An innocent child…. The world can be so cruel,” Nyght said.         

“I know.  I know,” Raymond agreed.

In America, Evlyn and Leanna wondered around the town.  They brought their thoughts back to the murders and the living dead murderer.  It had been time for them to get their minds back onto the job.  “This is crazy,” Evlyn spoke up.  “This town has seen a lot of weird things lately.”         

“Tell me about it.  It’s so crazy,” Leanna agreed.         

Samual snuck up on the two girls and draped his long arms around their shoulders.  “Hey, you two.”         

Leanna kind of eyed the guy.  “What do you want, Sam?”         

“Nothing…. Just thought that I’d say hi to two of my favorite girls….”         

“Samual,” Evlyn began.         

“Evlyn…. Oh by the way, I heard that you and Riley are a couple now.”         

“Yea…. So?”         

“I think it’s great.  But my boy, Bradly, he’s really disappointed.  You have him whipped, just haven’t realized it.”         

“He’s a moron,” Leanna replied.  “And you’re his leader.”         

“Hey, you don’t need to speak.  You’ve got my bro, Calvin, wrapped around your little finger.”         

“Yea just don’t tell him that.  I like to make him think that he wears the pants in the relationship.”         

“Ouch!  That’s not good.  You can’t do that because then…. Then you still win.  That’s evil.”         

“So why are you here, Sam?” Evlyn asked.         

“Well,” Samual began, “I was wondering…. Do either of you know what the word is about Kiley?  Because not that it’s any of your business but we went out a couple of nights ago and I’m waiting to call her.  Is there any chance….?”         

“No chance.  She and Jayden have a thing going on.”         

“Really?”         

“Yea,” Leanna agreed.         

“Hm…. So I’ll just have to step up my game then.  Well, I’ll see you two around.”

A couple of weeks passed, Raymond and Nyght were still in their little hotel room.  Everything they had was packed and ready to go home but it was kind of late for them to actually leave right away.  The dog sat on the floor, waiting to leave.  Nyght held the baby in her arms.         

“Ready to go back to the house?” Raymond asked.         

Nyght looked at him.         

“Ready for the next murder?”         

Nyght kind of nodded.         

“Okay.  We’ll leave tomorrow morning.”         

Nyght kind of nodded again.         

“But we’ll give it a day before you go back to kill Cormick.  Got it, honey?” he asked.  He figured it would be better for Nyght to wait till the day after they arrived home.  He had a feeling that if he let her do the job the day they got back to the house then the cops could make a possible connection to them which he didn’t need.         

Nyght kind of nodded for the third time.         

“Okay.  Good.”

Chris hung out at the police station with Cormick.  They were going over the files from the murders, trying to figure out if there was anything that could reveal the murderer’s identity.  “Do you think that we’re going to be able to stop that murderer?” the younger cop asked.         

“I don’t know.  If we ever catch her again then we’ll probably have to place her in a straitjacket so she doesn’t escape again.  But after what went on here that night, she’ll probably figure her way out of it.  There’s nothing we can do to stop her.  It’s crazy.”         

Chris nodded.  “I agree, boss.  There has to be a reason for why she did everything she did.  I want to know why she let us place her in jail if she was just going to escape anyways.  Why not just leave at the crime scene instead?  It’s insane.  She’s dangerous and we can’t even kill her.  We’ll wind up dead before she is.”   

“I know it’s crazy, Chris.  This is one of those things that we’ll never seem to understand.”

At the hotel room, Raymond held the baby in his arms.  He smiled at the child.  He had missed moments like that were he could hold a child in his arms and just feel joy.  “Hello, little guy.  How are you?”         

The baby smiled, trying to reach for Raymond’s face.         

The smile never left Raymond’s face.  “I miss this.  Being a parent; I forgot how great of a feeling it is.” 

Nyght smiled.  She kind of motioned to Raymond.         

“What?  Oh.  You want me to sing to him?”         

Nyght nodded.         

“I can’t.  I don’t have a nice singing voice.”         

Nyght raised an eyebrow.         

“No.  My voice isn’t as beautiful as yours was.  I might hurt the kid’s ears.  I might hurt your ears.  I might hurt Rocky’s ears.”         

Rocky raised his head at the mention of his name, staring at Raymond.  Nyght rolled her eyes then smiled at Raymond, shaking her head.         

“Okay.  If you insist: Silent Night?”         

Nyght nodded.         

“Okay.  It’s your song.  If I ruin it, I’m sorry but it’ll be your fault.”         

Nyght’s smile grew.         

“Okay here I go.”  Raymond began singing:

                              “Silent night, holy night

                              All is calm, all is bright

                              Round yon virgin, mother and child

                              Holy infant so tender and mild”

Nyght closed her eyes, imagining herself holding the child she had lost to the knights.  Her voice sang:

                              “Sleep in heavenly peace

                              Sleep in heavenly peace

                              Silent night, holy night

                              Shepherds quake at the sight”

Nyght opened her eyes, wanting to cry.

Raymond and Nyght were back at the house with Rocky and the baby.  It was the day before Nyght had to go and eliminate the cop off of the list.  She looked forward for the following day to come but had patience to wait.  “Painful memories…. Destroying them one by one…. We will win.  The time for revenge is with us and against them.  We will win, Nyght.”

Leanna and Calvin wondered through the park.  Calvin figured that Leanna needed another break from the case.  “I am so glad to get away from work today,” she told her fiancé.  “It’s been so crazy.”         

Calvin smiled.  “You’re welcome.”         

Leanna returned the smile.  “Hey do you think Evlyn and Riley want to join us for lunch?”         

“I don’t know.  I’m not them.”         

Leanna pulled out her cell and began dialing a number.  “Well, I’m going to see.”  She listened to the dial tone while she waited for an answer.  “I think they’ll join us.  This will be a good way to get mine and Evlyn’s minds off of work.  Hey, Evlyn…. I and Calvin wanted to know if you and Riley would want to join us for lunch.”         

“Oh yea,” Evlyn’s voice replied.  “That sounds great.  What time?”         

Leanna looked over at Calvin.  “What time?”         

“One?” Calvin asked.         

“One?” Leanna repeated to Evlyn.         

“Yea…. Where?” Evlyn asked.         

“Where?” Leanna asked Calvin.         

“You’re choice,” Calvin answered.         

“Grady’s Dinner,” Leanna answered.         

“Yea…. Sounds fun,” Evlyn replied.  “We’ll see you two then.”         

“Okay, bye.”         

“Bye.”

Chris made his way out of the police department while Samual appeared from around the corner.  “Dude,” Samual began.         

“What’s up?” Chris asked.