Moon Phased: The Triple Claim novel Chapter 103

Chapter 56-1

Raven’s POV

Grabbing my stuff, I headed towards town, leaving them to finish my grandmother’s lane, as I headed straight to the cemetery in broad daylight, knowing that it would be much safer for me than the last time I had gone. As I pulled in to park my car outside the gates of the cemetery, I noticed two other vehicles parked outside, thankfully letting me know that wasn’t the only one here today.

With my phone in hand, I headed into the cemetery, straight towards where I knew the headstones were in

questioning, but as I made my way back towards them, I noticed someone standing at one of the graves, making me quickly step behind a huge oak tree. Peering around the side of the tree, I watched as a

woman around my mother’s age laid flowers on one of the graves and I didn’t notice who it was until she

turned slightly in my direction. To my surprise, it was Mrs. Jacobs, leading me now to believe that she

must have been the one to have found my phone, explaining how it had gotten into my locker.

Trying to get a better look at which grave she was standing at, I took a step around the tree, stepping right

on a fallen stick, causing it to crack beneath my weight, making Mrs. Jacobs turned to look directly at me.

Knowing that I was busted watching her, I stepped fully around the tree, walking straight towards her,

hoping that my little mishap was meant to be, and that maybe I could find answers from her about what

happened all those years ago.

Wiping what looked like tears from her eyes, she says to me, “Raven, what are you doing here?”

Thinking quickly on my feet, I said back to her, “I was looking for my great–grandparents‘ graves, hoping to

pay my respects.”

“Your people aren’t buried here.” She sharply came back at me, catching me off guard by the tone in her

voice, but also making me wonder why they weren’t, since it was the only cemetery I had seen on the map

at the library.

“Oh. Well, I guess that’s why I haven’t had any luck finding them.” I said back to her, not letting her see that

her tone had affected me, as I moved to stand beside her, looking down at the name on the headstone

that she had laid flowers on.

As I stared down at the name Joshua Turnner, I had to wonder about her connection to him, since the two

of them had to be roughly around the same age. “I’m so sorry for your loss.” I said to her, hoping that by mė showing sympathy it would change her demeanor towards me.

“What?” She asks blankly, like she was confused, making point to the grave we were standing over, as I

asked her, “Was he a relative of yours?”

“Oh.” She says, closing her eyes, shaking her head as she took a deep breath, before she opened her eyes

and said, “He was my younger brother.”

“I’m so sorry. He was so young.”

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Wiping another tear from the corner of her eye, she says back to me, “Too young. He never got a chance to fulfill his dreams.”

“If you don’t mind me asking, what happened to him?”

The sadness in her eyes quickly changed at that point, and I thought that she was going to freeze up and

not tell me, like the elderly lady had at the library the other night when I began to ask questions. But to my surprise, that wasn’t what happened, as she finally opened her mouth and said to me, “He was murdered.”

My hand moved to my mouth, covering it, as I wasn’t expecting to hear that from her. This was so far from

what I was thinking happened to them all, as I honestly thought that their deaths had something to do with

a rogue wolf, like the one that had killed Josie.

I never in my wildest dreams would have believed that the town’s people were covering up a string of murders. Now I was wondering if that was why my mother had fled this town, worried about her own

safety, as it was clear that the murderer was targeting those around her age.

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