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

Raymond placed a hand under her chin and held her chin up to look into her lifeless sad dark brown eyes.  “They will pay. I promise. They all will pay.”  He kissed Nyght’s forehead.         

“Come on.  Let’s go to get a couch and stuff. Oh and when we get back we should put up some pictures.  That way the walls won’t be bearing.”         

Rocky squeaked out a little bark which made Nyght smile.         

“Sorry, boy, you’ll have to stay here.”         

Nyght walked over to Rocky and bent down next to him.  She gently wrapped him up in a humanlike hug and he replied with a small wet kiss with his long pink tongue.         

Raymond smiled.  The couple left the house, leaving the puppy alone.

Leanna and Chris walked into the jeweler’s kitchen, noticing the bodies on the ground.  Leanna moved over to the two bodies and began examining them.  “Hmm…. Well it can’t be the same killer as the person who murdered Miss Kennedy because they weren’t cut opened.  I think if it was the same person they would have done that same thing,” she explained, puzzled.         

Chris kept his attention on the bodies.  “Or maybe it is the same person but they like to change things up.”  He looked over at Leanna, to see what she thought about that.  “If they did, then we have to be careful. Either that or maybe they have someone else working with them and switch jobs.  We need to find out more information; this is going to be a long investigation I believe.”         

Leanna turned her attention toward Chris.  “Who would kill these two?  Nothing’s making any sense.  I want answers, not a goose chase.  This is going to take forever.  Now we have one, possibly two killers on the loose.  I’m so confused.”         

“You should probably go talk to Calvin.  Let him know that your wedding is probably going to be put on hold because of this investigation.”         

Leanna eyed Chris for his comment.  “No. You don’t know how long I’ve been waiting for that day to come and if I don’t get married soon I’m going to be kicking butt and you’ll be first.”         

“Not my idea. Besides if this is the same person, we might be dealing with a lot more trouble than we want.”         

Jayden hurried into the room, almost panting.  “You two are never going to believe this, but there was a robbery at the jewelry store as well.”         

Leanna and Chase exchanged worried looks then turned their attention toward Jayden.  “Do you think that they’re connected?” Leanna asked.         

“Yea but all of the cameras were destroyed.”         

“What?” Chris asked.         

“Yea.”         

“Now the next question to solve is why would they want to rob the jewelry store and kill the jeweler and his wife?” Leanna asked.         

“Don’t know. I haven’t been to the jewelry store to see what was taken; I just got a call from Bradly letting me know that the store had been robbed.”

Calvin was working at the furniture store when Raymond and Nyght walked in.  He noticed the couple immediately and worked his way over to them.  “Hello, I’m Calvin Walker,” he introduced himself with a pleasant tone.  “How may I help you two today?”         

“Thank you, sir,” Raymond replied, returning the same attitude, “but we already know what we want.  We’ll let you know if we need any help though.”         

“Alright then.”  Calvin left the couple alone, returning back to what he had been doing before.         

“No, honey,” Raymond whispered to Nyght.  “He’s not one of them so you don’t have to worry about him.”         

Nyght kind of nodded.  She began searching the furniture.  The variety of choices filled the building and she knew she’d find something she liked.         

“Want to check out the couches first?”         

Nyght nodded.         

“We probably shouldn’t have had sold just about everything we had in that yard sale before we left Chicago because now we have to get everything back.”  Raymond regretted the choice, knowing that they’d have to spend more money to fill up their new home.         

Nyght couldn’t help but smile.         

A smile grew on Raymond’s face.  “Oh well then we wouldn’t have fun decorating the house.  Come on, honey.”  He grabbed her hand.  “You can pick out what you want.  I won’t say anything against whatever you choose. I swear.”         

Nyght raised in eyebrow.         

“What?”

Evlyn and Kiley worked their way through the jewelry store, trying to find clues and see if anything else had been stolen.  “I have a bad feeling that this crime is somehow linked to the murder of Miss Kennedy. I just don’t know how,” Kiley explained.         

“Man,” Evlyn replied, “I don’t think any of us are going to be able to sleep knowing that there’s a murderer out there.  It’s life threatening to everyone in town.  We have to figure out who’s doing this.”         

“I agree.  Man, this is horrible.”

Nyght stood in the backyard, holding a sword in her hand.  She waited for her husband so she could begin training.  Even though, she didn’t actually fight it was good practice just in case.  She used her fighting skills for war if she felt the humans needed help like the two world wars which had threatened the human population.

Raymond stepped out onto the porch and picked up another sword.  He worked his way over toward his wife.  “Ready for some training, honey?” he asked.         

The woman nodded.         

“Okay.”  The man moved in front of his wife so they could stand face to face.  “Ladies first,” he encouraged.         

The couple prepared themselves for fighting.  Nyght gripped both hands around the hilt of her sword like she was holding a baseball bat and lunged for Raymond.

The man blocked the attack.  The melt of the blades made a clinking sound when the two swords met.  The couple went back and forth attacking and blocking the other one.  At some point in the middle of the training session, Nyght knocked the sword out of Raymond’s hand, grabbing it quickly, and held both swords up to her husband’s neck.         

“Good job, honey,” Raymond spoke with a smile on his smooth bone structure on his face.         

Nyght removed the swords away from the man, satisfied with the training for the day.         

“You just need to learn how to use a gun.  You can’t always use knives or ninja stars.  You’re going to run out of weapons to make them think that there’s different…. Honey, you can’t just always use older weapons. You need some newer ones as well. It’s to let them know that we’re still suffering because of what they did to us. What they did….”         

Nyght placed a finger over Raymond’s lips.         

“We can’t just go on like it never happened, honey. I know you’re still hurt from what they did. So am I. We’ve seen things that shouldn’t have happened. We’re cursed with this plague. Somehow we survived for years and years. We’re not dead but we’re not alive. I’m working on finding out what we are. We’re not immortal either. We can’t do things that the living can but it still hurts knowing what they did. Nyght, I love you no matter what happens but we have to let out our anger that we still have that’s why.”         

Nyght walked away.  She didn’t want to hear the words.  She knew what he was implying and even though she no longer had a beating heart the pain was coming.         

“Nyght.... I know you can’t…. I’m sorry…. Nyght.... Please come back over here…. Nyght….” Raymond sighed, knowing how pointless his words were.  “Fine. Go inside. I’ll meet you in there later. Okay.”  He began pacing back and forth, letting thoughts sour through his mind.

Chris and Leanna held a conversation when Evlyn arrived into work.  “Talking about the murders?” she asked, joining her two collogues.         

“Yea….” Chris answered.  “Oddly, we think that the murders of the jeweler and his wife are connected with the murder of Miss Kennedy but we don’t understand how.  It’s strange. Two different weapons were used but somehow the murders are connected.  It doesn’t make any sense. If there is a murderer in town, then they’re way smarter than we are because most murderers use the same weapon plus they mess up somehow like leaving finger prints or something with they’re DNA but nothing comes up. We’re dealing with someone who knows what they should or shouldn’t do. This town is in big trouble.  I hate knowing that no one in this town is safe. I’d rather live in a boring town than a nightmare. We could never catch the murderer. And that’s not good for us or for everyone in town. We’re doomed.”         

“I agree with Chris. We’re all in trouble,” Leanna replied.

Nyght and Raymond sat at the small round brown kitchen table they had bought from the furniture store.  Rocky stood over at his doggy dish and ate.         

“I’m sorry about what I said earlier, Nyght.  I just think about the past and it hurts so much. I know you remember and it hurts you as well. I need to talk about it. You would if you could but you’re mute and it seems that you don’t want me to bring up the past. It’s going to come out sooner or later and we both know it.  I ruined your voice while they ruined our lives. The pain keeps coming back as I think about it.  I wouldn’t think about it but it’s always on my mind. I could have done something to stop them but I didn’t and it hurts.”         

Nyght stood up and moved around the table till she was behind him and wrapped her arms around him for a hug.         

“I love you.” He placed a hand on Nyght’s arm.  “I love you so much. But I hurt you trying to save you. I’m sorry we have to live like this. I’m working to bring your beautiful voice back. But it’s going to be a while. I’m a doctor but by trying to save you, I took away your voice. It’s my fault.”         

Nyght kissed Raymond’s forehead, tightening her arms around him.

“Love hurts. It doesn’t matter what you do. Whether you’re trying to save the one you love or if you’re trying to kill the