Ghost Crypt (The Ghost Files Book 5) by Chanel Smith

Author:Chanel Smith [Smith, Chanel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2015-01-05T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I didn’t like Ewen Egham the moment I laid eyes on him.

In fact, just the sight of him made the delicious, spatchcocked poussin that I’d eaten for lunch begin to rumble in my stomach. Lunch had been one of our best culinary experiences since we had arrived in London and we were both delighted with Henry’s choice, but Ewen Egham just didn’t set well with me.

Ewen was tall and thin with a thick, gray beard that reached midway down his chest. It was untrimmed and seemed to have at least a week’s supply of different meals tangled in it. His hair was nearly as bad, though he had it in a ponytail. Those things might have been tolerated, if he hadn’t seemed to have a distant, demonic leer fixed in his steel gray eyes.

I had seen some pretty horrific things since Ellen and I had started investigating paranormal activity, but Ewen was, by far, worse than anything I had experienced in that realm. I might seem a little bit shallow, but the man was straight up creepy.

When he extended his hand to me during the greeting, it felt like someone had draped a dead snake across my palm and I immediately wanted to find a place to wash up. His voice and the way he looked at me was beginning to make me think that Henry’s “alien theory” might not be as far off-base as I thought. If the Druids were all like him, then as far as I was concerned, it was time for them to phone home.

Luckily, Ellen and I followed along behind Henry and Ewen as we strolled toward the fountains and we weren’t forced to interact too much with him. Henry had taken the lead to explain all that had taken place and, of course, his theory and means of proving it. By the time we had made one round around the fountains, the story had been told and, to be truthful, I was ready to go ahead and call it a day.

I don’t think Ellen was quite as creeped out as I was, but she did seem to be a bit uncomfortable when we sat upon a bench in the shade and began to discuss things further.

“You are a medium, then?” Ewen asked her.

“Psychic, medium, whatever you like to call it. I contact and communicate with paranormals.”

“So you have what the old ones call, ‘the gift?’” His brows raised slightly as he finished the question.

“Yes,” she replied simply.

“And you, Monty, are you a medium as well?”

I had hoped to be left out of the conversation completely, but it seemed that providence was not going to allow me to escape just yet. “Mostly I handle the equipment: cameras, testing gear, that sort of thing.”

“He often connects with the spirits and allows me to channel through him as well,” Ellen added. “In truth, though he isn’t quite as confident about it, he actually has ‘the gift’ as well.”

I appreciated the fact that she didn’t say that

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