Haunting in a Winter Wonderland: A Ghost Hunter Cozy Mystery Short Story (A Ghostly Haunted Tour Guide Mystery) by Rose Pressey

Author:Rose Pressey [Pressey, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New
Published: 2019-11-29T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

For now, I would have to ignore the carolers and take the group inside Mr. Byrd’s place. I had a feeling that the carolers would still be waiting for me when we came outside. After the tour, I would approach them and get this all settled. In the meantime, at least they were still singing, although there was a tinge of hostility in their voices. It was still nice, though.

The group followed me inside the warm and crowded building. All the furniture and other knickknacks in the shop made the place hard to navigate at times. As I closed the door, I peeked back out again. Yep, they were still there. At least they were providing music for the tour. I hadn’t expected that. As I recounted the stories of the hauntings in the building, a cold fell over the room. So much so that we saw our breath as it glided like a fog over a lake.

“Wow, I think the heat stopped working in here,” a woman beside me said as she rubbed her arms.

I pulled my coat up close around my neck. “Yes, I guess it did. I’ll have to tell the owner.”

That the heat had stopped working wasn’t my first thought. My first thought was that ghosts could manipulate the temperatures in a room when they were present. I’d experienced temperature changes but never like this before. This was like being in an icebox.

Suddenly a black mist appeared on the other side of the room. A couple people gasped, which was what had made me turn my attention in that direction. We all stood there speechless as we watched this thing. It grew bigger and bigger. The dark shadow had to be at least seven feet tall. There were no discernible legs or arms, but it was more like a veiled silhouette.

If it started toward us, I wasn’t sure how that chaotic scene would play out it. It was as if we were in a standoff with this dark shadow. Though I wasn’t sure who would make the first move. I kind of wanted it to be us so that we could get out of there. I felt a terrible sense of dread. I suppose if I ran, they would follow my lead. Totally unprofessional, but it might be completely necessary.

“What does it want?” someone beside me whispered.

“I suppose it just wants us to know that it’s here,” I said.

The dark shadow still hadn’t moved. I’d never seen a shadow person stand there for that long without making some kind of movement. It towered tall in the room, dominating the space.

“Maybe we should get out of here,” someone else said in a hushed tone.

The more I thought about it the more I wondered if we made any sudden movements that it might set this thing off and it would come after us. Though it looked as if I would have to make the first move whether I wanted to or not.

“All right, everyone, we’ll go ahead and leave.

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