Demon Street Blues by Starla Silver

Author:Starla Silver [Silver, Starla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 23591609
Published: 2014-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

William and Melinda reached Emily’s house. They located her father in the garden out back.

“William Wakefield and Melinda Howard. Well, I’ll be! What brings you two out my way?” He motioned for them to have a seat under a gazebo in the center of the garden.

“It’s good to see you Mr. Morgan. You look like you’re getting around better,” Melinda noted, although she had not seen him since his last visit, with Emily, for dinner a few weeks prior at the Howard Mansion.

“That I am. That I am. Doc finally got the pain meds right and my back has never felt better! Just you two wait until you’re this age…” he trailed off.

Melinda took a sideways glance at William. Aging. Something he would never experience. Something she would. Another reason they could never be together.

“Mr. Morgan,” began William, “we actually came today to speak with you about something rather urgent.”

“Oh. I see. What can I help you with?”

“It’s regarding Emily,” William revealed.

“Emily!” His eyes widened. “Is she okay?”

“Um. Well. We are hoping you might be able to tell us if she’s okay,” Melinda said.

Emily’s father looked confused.

“Mr. Morgan, what can you tell us about Emily’s ring?” William got right to the point.

At the mention of the ring, Mr. Morgan’s face turned ashen, and he lost all vigor.

“It was a gift,” he stammered. “I gave it to her years ago, but it once belonged to Emily’s mother.”

“Does it have any special purpose?” Melinda prompted.

Mr. Morgan still did not answer.

“Look, Mr. Morgan. I hate to be blunt,” Melinda stated, “but we don’t have much time. I am sure, after living on The Demon Isle these last few years, that you must be aware there are things on this island that are not… normal.”

Mr. Morgan stood and paced the gazebo.

“I am quite aware,” he divulged with complete seriousness. “It is the reason I moved my family out of Georgia, and to The Demon Isle in the first place.”

William and Melinda listened intently.

“It took me years to locate this Isle. I tracked rumor after rumor, followed clue after clue. I needed to find a home for my family that strengthened magic and my search led me to here, to The Demon Isle. Of course, there were also warnings, that because of the nature of the Isle, many dangerous things were attracted here as well. It didn’t matter though. I needed strong magic to save Emily from a life of pain, and fear. It was her mother’s dying wish that I bring her here. She lived just long enough to see it through.”

He paused taking a coarse breath and continued, his voice sure, but sad.

“You see, Emily takes after her mother. She was a spirit vessel. So is Emily.”

William’s eyes brightened with understanding. “The ring, it blocks the spirits?”

“Yes. We gave Emily the ring when she was a little girl. As I said, it was once her mother’s ring. But when Emily started exhibiting signs that she also had the gift, her mother took off the ring and we gave it to Emily.

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