Divine 05 - Nevermore by Melanie Jackson

Author:Melanie Jackson [Jackson, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, poe, wildside, raven
Publisher: Melanie Jackson
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Standing in the yard, ozone thick on my tongue. Wind rushed at me, hurling snow with angry fists. The icy confetti latched onto my nightdress and clung with frozen claws. I actually heard the small flakes hiss at me as they passed. The wind also carried a smell of rot and sulfur that had me choking.

Out of the white, a shape formed. It was a relief that it wasn’t my sister. It was only an outline, but I recognized him immediately and felt both happy and sad.

“Gus,” I whispered, dropping to my knees and reaching for my dog. My dead dog.

Gus barked at me, and the sound was dry, terrifying. I knew it was a warning to stay away— but away from what?

I began to shake. The ninety-first psalm suddenly popped into my head and I heard myself begin to recite—“you shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor pestilence that walks in darkness, nor destructors that lay waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hands, but it shall not come near you…”

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