Dream Walker (The Coven, Book 3) by Erica Stevens

Author:Erica Stevens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, occult, paranormal romance, paranormal, young adult, witches, demons, series, action and suspense

CHAPTER 26

Avery jumped when the ringing of her phone pierced the silence. She looked at the coven and then at Karen’s name on her phone. Her heart leapt into her throat as she tossed the Book of Shadows she was holding aside. She still hadn’t talked to them.

Lila sent her a message earlier saying she was swamped with school work and would talk later. Tina and Karen had remained conspicuously absent. Karen hadn’t answered when Mario tried calling her either.

She’d wondered if Regan finally succeeded in chasing them away. It would be for the best, but she couldn’t deny it hurt. And now Karen was calling her. Talia had most likely died from a nightmare—Regan’s return coinciding with her death was too big of a coincidence to believe anything else—were Karen, Tina, and Lila having nightmares also?

“Hello,” she said.

“Avery!” Karen cried, and Avery heard the tears in her voice. “I am so sorry to be calling this late.”

“It’s all right,” Avery assured her. “What’s wrong?”

“I’ve been having these awful nightmares….” Her voice broke off as she started sobbing. Avery’s hand clutched around the phone so tightly she thought she would break it. “I shouldn’t have bothered you.”

“You’re not bothering me. Tell me what happened.”

Karen blurted her words so fast Avery had a difficult time deciphering what she said, but she got the gist of most of it—Karen was having the same nightmares as the coven. “I know it sounds crazy,” she gushed on, “but I swear to you, it’s true.”

“I believe you,” Avery said. “The coven is going through the same thing.”

“Really?” Karen asked in a choked, tiny voice.

“Yes, we’re all here now and were awake when you called.”

“Is it Regan?”

“We think so. Why didn’t you tell me about this sooner?”

“You already have so much to deal with.”

“That’s crap,” Avery said and couldn’t keep the irritation from her voice. “You’re one of my best friends, we’ve been through Hell together, and there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you. Tina and Lila have been dodging my calls too, so I’m guessing they’re also having the dreams.”

“I don’t know. We haven’t talked lately. They’ve been so distant…. Oh, they must be!”

Avery closed her eyes as she contemplated telling her about Talia. She didn’t want Karen to go back to sleep, but she couldn’t terrify her while she was alone. “Call Tina and Lila; I’m sure they’re up too. The three of you get together tonight and then give me a call back, okay?” She’d tell them when they were all together.

“Okay,” Karen said.

“Can you come here tomorrow?”

“Yeah. I’ll be there. Thank you.”

“For what?”

“For being there.”

“If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be going through this!”

“Regan is the reason I’m going through this. I’ll call you back soon.”

Karen hung up before Avery could reply.

“They’re having dreams too?” Reid asked.

Unable to trust herself to speak, Avery nodded. She couldn’t decide if she wanted to cry or scream at them more.

“We should have known,” Shawn mumbled.

“Regan will go after everyone he’s had contact with,” Landon said.

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