Stolen Souls by Debra Dunbar

Author:Debra Dunbar [Dunbar, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Fantasy, urban fantasy, ghosts and ghouls, Dark Fantasy, paranormal romance, new adult fantasy, fantasy humor
Publisher: Anessa Books
Published: 2014-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

–18–

The library didn’t have much in the way of magical readings. There were a few books on Wicca, another on the Salem witch trials, and a handful on exorcism. None held anything remotely close to instructions on how to raise the dead, or bring a loved one back to life. Eric had messaged asking her to meet him at a local pub to exchange information before they set out for the evening. She checked out one intriguing book on tantric sex then headed to the Roadside Tavern to meet him.

Eric was already seated when she arrived, a basket of fried pickles and a plate of nachos on the table. Nyalla gorged herself on the fried food, starving after a long day with only the breakfast eggs and a soda to hold her hunger at bay. Finally, feeling like she could communicate in a rational fashion, she told Eric about what Shelly had said, and the dead ends she’d found at the library.

“I really want to go visit these three people Shelly mentioned, to see if one of them is the necromancer, but we don’t have enough time before nightfall.”

Eric nodded. “I think the Findley murders are connected. Major portions of their bodies are missing, and the pieces remaining look …chewed. The little boy that survived didn’t see anything, but he said there were lots of growls, like an animal did it. We need to stop this thing from murdering anyone else. But how?”

“Feel like digging?” Nyalla grinned. “Aunt Marie mentioned dirt from John Mayfield’s grave might send the ghoul back where he belongs. A specialist she knows is supposed to call me, but until then this is the only suggestion I have.”

“So we walk around graveyards all night carrying buckets of dirt then hope we manage to throw it on the ghoul before he kills us?”

It did sound ridiculous. “Do you have any better ideas?”

Eric scowled. “No. We spend the night ghoul hunting, then tomorrow interviewing possible necromancers and John’s mother?”

“Yes, and maybe his brother if we can fit it all in. We’re running out of time.”

Eric stood, tossing money on the table and grabbing the last fried pickle. “Then I guess I better start digging. I’ll swing by my house to get buckets and shovels. Meet you at the gravesite at dusk? Say around nine thirty?”

Nyalla nodded. That would give her enough time to make arrangements for Shelly and see her off. She stood, eyeing Eric with concern. He seemed unhappy. Was he mad at her about something?

“Thank you for dinner.” She tugged on his sleeve, lifting her face for a kiss. It was unsatisfyingly brief. “Is something wrong?”

He caressed a hand down her cheek and cupped her chin, his eyes full of regret. “This isn’t how I wanted to spend an evening with you. All that gruesome stuff at work today, and now I’m going to spend the night running around a cemetery and my day off interviewing suspects. It’s like work after work, and I really want to just take you out to a movie and back to my house for the night.

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