Riley's POV 

I smile as I hug each girl. "Hey, Riley!" Iris says. 

"Hey Iris, Sam, Lindsey, and Kali! You guys have Missy?" I ask. 

"Yeah," Sam shrugs, "We heard about the news, and when we saw it, we knew that you were a witch." she leans in closer to me, as if she said something aloud, she would've been killed. "So are we." she whispers. 

I gasp. "Really?" They all nod eagerly while smiling, and I return the smile. 

"Um, Riles?" I almost forgot that Lucas was here. "Who are these people?" his eyebrows are raised. 

"Lucas, this is Iris, Sam, Kali, and Lindsey. They are also witches. You met them briefly on that truck that one time. " I introduce them. 

"Oh yeah." he nods. "But why in the world do they have Missy?" he asks. 

"We caught her once we figured out there was something was off." Kali answered. 

"But we can see that you can capture them by yourself's." Lindsey motions towards Maya and Bethany. They both roll their eyes. 

"Wait, wait, wait. Is that Maya? As in your best friend ever, Maya?" Iris asks. I nod. "Yep." "And is that your real mom?" she points towards Bethany. I nod. "There's a lot that I need to catch you up on." I say while laughing. 

Sam and Lindsey grab Missy and put her face down on my carpet. I wave my hands around her, glittering sparkles slowly forming a cage for her as well. 

Missy starts to stir, and she finally sits up. 

"Wha-where am I?" she frantically looks around. 

"You're trapped, idiot." Maya spits. Missy whips around. 

"You're in here, too?! Where's Bethany?" 

"Right here." Bethany lifts her hand up slightly while rolling her eyes. 

"So, we are all captured. Great." Missy slides down the back of the cage, hugging her knees. 

I roll my eyes, and turn to face the girls. "So, shall we catch up?" I smile brightly. They all squeal and sit on the couch. I follow. 

Iris gasps. 

"What?" I ask, concerned. 

"Is that what I think that is?" she says, pointing at my engagement ring while her other hand rests on her chest. I nod and smile. They all scream. 

"Who's the lucky guy?!" Sam asks eagerly. 

"That would be me!" Lucas says from the kitchen while raising his arm. The girls squeal some more. 

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The girls and I talked for hours last night, until we finally decided to just get some sleep. Lucas was already snoring, as were Maya, Bethany and Missy. 

I fell asleep quickly, but I woke with a jolt because of some sound I heard.  I look around my room frantically, looking for something that could make noises. Nothing. 

I get up and decide to check every where, so I grab a bat, just in case. 

I slowly creep every where, trying to not make any sounds. I had the bad positioned in my hands, ready to swing if I come across something. 

I searched and searched, yet there was nothing. I turn the light on, and realize that I was right. 

There is nothing. Nothing at all. 

Maya and Bethany are gone, and they'd left smoking holes of dark magic in their cages. The window was open. 

Yet, Missy was still there. She just wasn't exactly, alive. 

She's lying with her back to the ground so that people can see her face. There is a huge gash on her neck that blood had spilled from and created a puddle around her head. Yet, that wasn't the worst part. 

When I looked up, there was something on the wall. It read: 

"Watch you back, Matthews." 

But, it wasn't written with paint, or markers, or anything like that. 

It was written with Missy Bradford's blood.