J.R. Rain's Vampire for Hire World_I, Samantha Moon by H. T. Night

Author:H. T. Night [Night, H. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2018-07-13T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

I’d never believed in psychics, nor had I ever thought I’d actually walk into one to have a stranger read my future. But these were dire times and I needed to know that Tammy was not in danger.

I stepped out of my minivan and walked to the front of Maria’s Psychic Shop. I opened the door and it creaked in a way that made me wonder if I was the first customer Maria had had in a very long time. A noisy air conditioner vent kicked on and I wondered how that would interfere in a séance. My nerves were rattling as I waited for someone to come out and greet me. “Keep an open mind,” I whispered to myself. “An open mind.”

I scanned the dimly lit room of Maria’s shop area, wondering if people truly believed that she was clairvoyant—that she could see into a person’s future or present or even past. The round table was adorned with a purple tablecloth. A crystal ball, bright and shiny, sat in the middle of the table with various-sized candles encircling the magic glass ball.

It was rather theatrical in appearance. Black material draped across the walls and a red curtain separated the psychic room from the rest of the house. A black cat lay on the back of a leather couch, its yellow eyes glaring at me.

Would I know if she was really psychic? I’m an investigator, I should be able to tell these things, right?

After a few minutes of planning to leave and then deciding to stay and repeating that again and again, a woman stepped out from behind the red curtain and nodded at me. She wore a purple gown, had long silky black hair and boy, did she look the part.

I decided her entrance was my cue to leave. It just felt too fake and I needed something real—someone to tell me that the dream and the stranger I’d encountered wasn’t going to become reality. “I’m sorry. I don’t belong here. I don’t actually believe in this stuff.” I pivoted to turn and then she spoke. Her voice was soft and airy.

“Do you believe that you should leave before you’ve even allowed me to share what I know?”

I turned slowly, my eyes narrowed. “What do you know?”

“I know what ails you, Samantha Moon.”

I nearly jumped back fifty feet and more than ever, I wanted to hightail it out of there. “How do you know my name?” I had not spoken to anyone. When I walked into the place, it was empty and so I’d sat down and waited for someone to greet me. Unless she had run my license plate, she couldn’t have known who I was.

“I know a lot of things, Samantha. I know a lot of things about you. I believe you will be doing yourself an injustice if you leave without exploring what I know.”

“Are you Maria?” I asked.

“I am.” She motioned for me to sit down. “Please, have a seat, Sam. You don’t mind if I call you, Sam, right?”

“If you don’t mind that I call you Maria.

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