Broken Souls (Soul Hunters) by King E.J

Author:King, E.J. [King, E.J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Ethan reacted first, jumping to his feet. “I’ll get Rafe.”

I nodded mutely and hurried to find my bag. Filling it with several large knives, I went out on the porch to meet up with the guys.

Rafe was saying goodbye to a frazzled looking girl that was still buttoning her shirt, telling her some lie about being a police officer that was on-call. Under other circumstances, I would’ve taken the opportunity to glare at him.

“Sorry, Tess. Duty calls.” He nudged her toward the steps. “I’ll give you a ring tomorrow.”

Tess was the only one of the four of us that looked like they believed him. He hurried her to her car and they nearly molested one another as they kissed goodnight. Rather than watch and have my stomach churn, I headed down the street at a fast clip.

Ethan hurried along beside me. “Where are we going?”

“Campus.” I remembered what Hope had told me earlier about not going into town after dark. If something had happened to her, it had happened near her dorm.

“Shouldn’t we slow down and talk about this?” Rafe called as he rushed to catch up with us. He grabbed my arm to stop me, but I brushed him away.

“Something got Hope. What do we need to talk about, Rafe?”

“We don’t even know what took her, Kaylie.” Rafe grabbed me again, this time holding on tight as I tried to shake him away. “The Harvester just took Meggie. It doesn’t need another victim yet. This could be something else; it could be a person.”

“It’s not.” I could never explain it, but aside from the few Lost Souls I’d encountered recently, I had always been able to feel the Dark Souls presence. Even without seeing them, I knew when they were there. “This was a Soul, Rafe. We have to act now.”

He dropped my arm reluctantly.

The path to Hope’s dorm was clear. No signs of a Soul attack, or a struggle of any kind. I pulled out my phone and punched in her number. We all heard it ring.

“Over there.” Ethan pointed to the bushes just outside the dormitory doors.

Hope’s phone was on the ground and when I hit the button to turn on the screen, a message waited for me.

Come tonight. An address was listed below.

It didn’t take a genius to decipher the meaning behind the message. Rafe had been partly right- Hope hadn’t been taken to be harvested. She had been taken to be used as bait.

“Who knew the Souls were so techy?” Rafe commented, sounding completely unconcerned by the discovery.

“A night hunt is a really bad idea,” Ethan said carefully. “They will be waiting for us.”

I turned off the phone and slipped it into my pocket. “It doesn’t matter. They have Hope; I’m not waiting until morning.”

“I didn’t figure as much.” He and Rafe exchanged a resolved look.

“Our first hunt as a family,” Rafe said with a smile. “How exciting.”

Even though I had been swearing that I was done being a Hunter, and even though Hope was in danger, I did still feel a small thrill of excitement at the thought of hunting again.

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