Havoc of Souls by S.J. Sanders

Author:S.J. Sanders [Sanders, S.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, romance, suspense, spirits, monsters
Publisher: S.J. Sanders
Published: 2019-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Meredith froze as she heard the crash through the underbrush of something being pulled violently away. Whatever it was snarled with the ferocity of a lion or a bear. The cold bath had done much to cool her passion, but now she stared in the direction to the sound had come from.

“Charu?” she called, hoping that at any moment he would leap through the brush to her side. Silence greeted her. She called his name and again, her voice rising in pitch as fear seized her.

Her body began to glow in reaction to her mounting panic as she stumbled from the edge of the water. He wouldn’t have just left her. Where was he?

She heard the roar again in the distance, unmistakable pain and fury barely contained in that ferocious sound. Without thinking, she raced forward, not caring about her nakedness or the cold air biting her wet skin. All she could think was to get to him.

In her wild dash through the woods, she didn’t see the glow of the lantern until the edge of its metal casing struck the side of her foot. A sharp zap of power flooded into her, feeding the energy already emanating from her skin. It hurt more than the first flood of power. Though the touch had been less than a second, the direct contact with it felt like fire running through her, searing her cells.

She screamed and fell forward gracelessly, pain shooting through her legs from where her knees struck rock. She curled into herself, tears streaming down her face until the pain finally eased enough for her to take one deep breath and then another.

Struggling to her feet, still hearing the clamor from a distance, Meredith eyed the lantern, concern flooding her. She had no doubt now that the sounds she heard came from Charu. But how did he get separated from his lantern? It seemed unlikely that anything could wrest it from his possession. The fact that something had managed to separate him from his lamp made the trickle of unease winding through her flare into a deluge.

She needed to get to him, but truth be told, he needed his lamp more than he needed her. But how was she going to get it to him? She definitely wouldn’t touch it again, not when her insides still felt like someone had taken a blowtorch to them. She bit her lip and considered it. She needed something to carry it with.

Casting a searching glance around, she spotted a forked branch laying in the grass. The wood was green like something had recently broken it from the tree, and it appeared strong when she picked it up and tested it between her hands.

With the branch held out in front of her, she approached it slowly.

“Don’t zap me again and I’ll get you to Charu, all right?”

The light churned in the lamp, a reddish glow slowly heightening in a milky swirl.

“Yeah, I think he’s facing something dangerous too. So, let’s get you to him then.

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