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TUCKING HER LEGS UNDER her body, she pal to her bones The locals referred to it as being thin-blooded Growing up in tropical and unusually warm climates, she wasn’t accustomed to the colder weather They assured her she’d adjust in ti the sweet, creamy liquid, she pulled the soft Supernatural blanket around her body Setting down the ‘I’ with the brown-skinned, blue-haired, scaly fantasy character, she resu
The recent re from the present, she found herself lost in the small town of Darry Maine where an ancient evil stalked the children Her flesh rose, and the hairs on the back of her neck and are She sed hard as the story wove its ic around her
A creakhad been updated, but it kept the quirks and characters that came with a structure nearly one-hundred years old Cal She returned to her book Creak She jumped
“Okay Enough King for one night” She grabbed the book back into the corner of her floral printed couch, she focused on her drink It was ht out of a movie
The view from her oversizedinto a wooded area was exceptional, and the changing leaves on the trees fascinated her Co from the West Coast, she’d never experiencedof rain, and the occasional chill front were as far as her realm of expertise stretched The chocolate danced its way across her tongue With the sun sinking down in the horizon, she felt a ht to her eyelids She set her e onto the side table and let the weariness win as she drifted off
Waking to the darkness, she stretched her ar, she tried to accliistered in her peripheral view She rubbed the sleep fro a false silhouette
Is shook, and her mouth went dry The fear remained
Scanning the living roo in her throat The unease didn’t disperse Standing, she pulled the blanket closer to her body and slowly h alert She didn’t spook easily Horror ular source of entertainment for her This wasn’t the first time she’d become unsettled in this apart in a new home, a new city and state had her out of sorts for the first couple of weeks
Now she’d started a routine and settled in, and she still felt out of sorts here The background was beautiful White subway tiles lined the walls of the kitchen, glea with the stainless-steel appliances, and black countertop on the kitchen island Wooden flooring throughout helped elevate the living space to its luxury status It was a dream come true A swank place with the character only history could provide Yet it left her cold
Inside of her rooh of relief This was her true sanctuary Sinking her fingers into her curls, she rubbed her scalp and walked to the bed Plopping onto thethe headache that threatened to creep in The doorknob rattled She sat up and stared at the handle as it jiggled Her sto up, she stuainst the thick woodincreased Her knees shook and threatened to buckle as she waited for the door to give under the onslaught
The overhead light flickered off and on She spun, searching for a valid explanation The sky outside remained clear There was no storm to mess with the power Boom What sounded like an explosion made her hit the deck Her roo Her heart raced The world narrowed to the length between her and the doorway The walls bulged as if they were h the translucentopen and slammed The closet and her dresser drawers joined in the ruckus
The oppressive sensation that had grown since she moved in slammed down like an invisible shroud She stood, ti of the door, and shot out of the roorabbed her purse and keys off the counter and fled In this horrorfirst As she burst fro up at theof her apart down at her Dark circles, which gave the gaunt face a bruised look, stood out in the round face with a bonnet
“Jesus” She n of the cross and ran to her car Inside the turquoise Mini Cooper, she white-knuckled the steering wheel Everyone she kneas a five-hour plane ride away, and even if she called the because this was her first ti alone Even after she left the house, she’d always had roommates
She’d spent the past two ures out of the corners of her eyes, and ination What she’d just experienced s the car, she pulled out of the lot, dazed What the hell is in ht, clad in flannel pants, an old white T-shirt, and slippers, she waited to wake up Shivering, she cranked up the heat, and searched for a hotel
MICAH
He took a long draw off his energy drink and steered the black SUV through the rain-soaked streets He’d spent the day inlocally It was getting close to cons and the hiring process It was tedious work, but it would allow the brother, Luka, expecting a baby, and Asher ready to settle doith his new fiancée, Clara, it orth the exhaustion and headaches It also allowed him time to pursue his own interests, which hy he was headed to Pepper Pod in Newport, Kentucky to ation Teareat service and never rushed them out
After his parents died, Micah became obsessed with the notion of an afterlife He wanted to know they were safe, and not coy could not be destroyed, only transformed, they had to be soed for proof That insatiable curiosity led him to devour all of the inforhosts, and the occult When he h Clara, and she invited hi to turn her down
A year later, he was a full-fledged ation He parked in front of the brick building and killed the engine Grabbing the black umbrella, he slipped out of
the SUV and , white counter lined with stools took up the left side of the building, and light brown booths with crea lined the walls above the creae diner
The old-fashioned silver jukebox connected to the speakers mounted on the as full of an eclectic selection Currently, the Beach Boys crooned about good vibrations Shaking off the excess water froainst theand found the group taking up the last three booths in the back They waved, and he grinned The eighthad over twenty years of experience under their belt The organization had been operating for the past ten years and helped a slew of peoples
Browsing through the co They’d dealt with everything fros due to trau spirits and dark entities He’d experienced a fewthat had definitively satisfied his desire to knoithout question his parents were okay
“Hey, guys Sorry I’ht from work”
“We could tell” Brendon whistled “Fancy duds”
The others whistled and cheered, and he rolled his eyes
“Yeah, yeah” He shrugged off the suit coat and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, and then slid in beside Trisha, the sassy redhead who introduced hienda today?”