Night World : Black Dawn Chapter 1

Maggie Neely woke up to the break of her mother screaming.Shed gone to bed as usual, with Jake the GreatDane sprawled heavily across her feet and the threecats jockeying for position somewhat her head. Hercheek was resting on her open geometry book thither were homework papers scattered among theblankets, on with fragments of potato chips andan empty bag. She was wearing her jeans and a flowered pajama top plus the except two socks shedbeen able to find start darkness one red velveteen anklet and one blue cotton decline sock.Those particular socks would eventually meanthe difference surrounded by life and death for her, but at the moment Maggie had no idea of that.She was patently startled and disoriented frombeing wakened suddenly. Shed never perceive thiskind of screaming before, and she wondered howshe could be so certain(a) it was her mother doing it.Somethingreally bad is happening, Maggierealized slowly. The worst. The measure on her nightstand said 211A.M.And wh ence before she even realized she was moving, she was lurching across her bed fashion floor,with piles of dirtyclothes and sports equipmenttrying to trip her up. She banged her tibia on a wastebasket in the middle of the roomand ploughed right on through. The hallway was dim,but the living room at the end was blazing withlight and the screams were coming from there.Jake trotted along beside her. When they got tothe foyer by the living room he gave a half growl,half bark.Maggie took in the whole scene in a glance. Itwas one of those moments when everythingchanges forever.The front door was open, permit in the cold airof a November night in Washington. Maggies father was wearing a short bathrobe and holding hermother, who was pulling and snap at him as ifshe were trying to consider away, screaming breathlesslyall the while. And in the doorway cardinal people were standing two sheriffs, a National Park ranger, and Sylvia Weald.Sylvia. Her buddy Miless girlfriend.And cognition hit her quick and hardasa hammer blow.My brother is dead, Maggie thought.