Chasing Sophea: A Novel by Gabrielle Pina

Author:Gabrielle Pina [Pina, Gabrielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-51723-4
Publisher: One World \a149 Ballantine Books
Published: 2011-01-21T23:53:52.839000+00:00

Energy is a tangible force that ebbs and flows through people, places, and inanimate objects fluidly and without hesitation. This life force, often referred to as the exhalations of God, can’t be seen by the naked eye, but casual intuitives can feel it swirling around them pushing, pulling, constant like rain. It shifts and reconfigures itself every moment of every day, affecting those in its path whether they realize it or not. It constantly seeks balance and expands naturally toward the greater good. It can easily be manipulated, and thus, it always pursues truth—the native tongue of the universe.

The energy pulsating through the Culpepper estate had transformed yet again into something Lucius did not recognize. It was alive and carried with it a certain foreboding, and to him, it smelled like trouble. The vibrations around him were unfamiliar, and he inhaled deeply, unafraid and with a heavy heart. Lucius wasn’t anywhere near as gifted as his grandmother, Oceola Moon, or his daddy’s baby sister, but some force that he couldn’t identify inside the house caught his attention. He could feel it seeping from the walls attempting to bore into his pores, and it was strong and determined. He walked around inspecting nothing in particular and tried to isolate the cause of the shift, because he knew there had been one. He had always known when something didn’t feel right; however, this was the first time he had actively sought the source of his discomfort. He had made a vow to the Almighty earlier. “I’m through running, Lord,” he’d promised, prostrate in the corner of his office like a child, and this time, he swore he would live up to his word.

It was after six, and there were no services scheduled for the evening or for the next two days. He had sent everybody home at half past five, and now he found himself wandering through the halls as if he were a toddler searching for something to do, some complicated task to occupy his time. There was one body left in the cold room, but it didn’t need to be fully prepped until Thursday of next week. He had thought that odd when cockeyed Freddy had told him about the instructions but not odd enough to find out who was spending their “done-gone” days lounging in his funeral home. He preferred to move the dearly departed in and out, and that was all—no extra-lengthy services and no lingering visits from the dead who still longed to be attached to their physical bodies. There were enough of them hovering around the house already, causing a commotion from time to time, turning the lights on and off, and messing around with the thermostat. He’d thought he heard somebody walking around upstairs a while ago in the attic room with the round window, but nobody ever went up there anymore, so he assumed the haints were rabble-rousing and having some type of spook party. All the more reason he didn’t want to tease any poor soul by hanging on to their body for too long.

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