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He tried to get closer

The watery road grew ested Downed tree branches and appliances floated by A soaked teddy bear with big black button eyes stared at hiony to fight the river, but it was also so he knew he had to do Especially when she waited; when he could save her He just had to reach her before the water level rose higher and higher, and swept her away

He grew close…

And that hen he felt the darkness at his back

He tried to turn, but he could not The wind had picked up, and the effort was too much Nosee hi out to hi behind hi on him He could almost reach out for her, but he had to turn, had to find out what see fetid air down his back…

She called out again

Jake!

If they were to survive, to outrun whatever horror was behind hi out almost as clearly as if she were next to him in the boat

But the darkness was on hi hi the sound of her voice as it did

And he ith a jerk

Jake sat up in bed, deeply disturbed by the reappearance of his frequent dream For the first time, he kneho he had seen on the roof of the house, about to be sed up by the floodwaters

It was Ashley Ashley Donegal

He stood and stretched, irritated The clock on his ot dressed He knehy he’d had the dream--and made Ashley the woman on the rooftop He knew the date The reenactal Plantation would be busy and alive; Ashley would still hurt froer be playing Marshall Donegal, his ancestor But she’d never show it She’d be the grand al in her Civil War attire

He wondered if he would ever fall out of love with her And then he wondered if the dreaela--who seemed to have the best sixth sense in what the FBI called their special unit--had told him that dreams could open e where dreams came, and those dreams could easily focus on what the consciousto reach meuide, he could easily convince himself to think that Ashley noanted hin

Of course, that was just Angela’s way of seeking the ghosts of the past--even in their own group, they weren’t sure about all the rules of seeking out the help of ghosts

He wasn’t sure if he wanted to laugh at hiitients They had just spent days at the local training facility, i their weapons skills, co of the mission policy

But they were a one-of-a-kind unit, and their true designation wasn’t written down anywhere A themselves, they were the Krewe of Hunters; on paper, they were Adam Harrison’s Special Unit In bizarre situations, they were supposed to sht really be rehost hunters and would-be ghost hunters The problehosts would really appear for a television crew Sohost lore did seehosts that played out a situation, such as a battle scene at Gettysburg, over and over again And there were intelligent hauntings: ghosts that lingered for some reason Ghosts didn’t seem to have rules Some could find certain individuals who saw the conversations, appear and disappear, and interact So, and they hid, and only someone with a real ability to suspend disbelief could coax thehosts tried to warn those they cared about when sohosts often entered into the REM sleep of those they hadn’t ed yet to really touch in the conscious world

So the dream meant that Ashley needed him…