The Awakening by Jennifer Martucci & Christopher Martucci

Author:Jennifer Martucci & Christopher Martucci
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: J & C Martucci
Published: 2012-11-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Howard Kane sat before his massive cherry wood desk in the office of the Soldiers of the Divine Trinity Church and heard a distinct ringing sound coming from one of its drawers. Surprised, he immediately reached for the drawer’s knob and pulled it toward him. The ringing was coming from a cellphone, and not just any cellphone, but a phone he had purchased and reserved exclusively for emergencies. What he and his congregants categorized as emergencies generally dealt with their dogged pursuit of evil in every form, and more specifically, witches. He watched for a split-second as the small black phone vibrated and moved itself less than an inch in one direction then stopped. He scooped it up and depressed the “send” button and answered.

“Hello?” Howard spoke into the receiver.

“Sir, it is John. I’m here at the Andrews house, and was told to alert you of any unusual activity,” the voice on the other end said.

Howard waited patiently for John to continue but was met with silence.

“Go on,” Howard urged. “You’re calling me on an emergency line, so clearly there is an emergency.”

“Yes sir. Sorry,” John began. “I can’t be sure, sir, but I think the Sola is here.”

The phone nearly slipped from Howard’s grip, shock weakening it. John Cartwright had been stationed at the Andrews house for the last two weeks, but just as a precaution. On the off chance that a vile cohort of Lily’s visited, he had wanted the area secured and with someone in place capable of handling such a being. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that the Sola herself would arrive. Yet, according to John, she had.

Howard inhaled a trembling breath, anticipation squeezing his lungs. “What makes you think that the Sola is at the Andrews house?”

“Well, we were here, and the doorbell started ringing. It rang several times and we assumed it was family or friends stopping by.”

“Go on,” Howard encouraged.

“This person, a girl, she was able to enter the house. She opened the front door and walked in as easy as you please and began calling out to Lily and her parents. She announced herself as though she knew them. She said her name’s Arianna Rose.”

The name jarred Howard, a jolt of inexplicable recognition registering in his brain. His pulse rate sped, racing dangerously, excitedly.

“Then what happened,” Howard asked John careful to conceal his eagerness and keep his voice level.

“We had been hiding in a hall closet upstairs and came out when she and her friend went outside. She stood at the center of the patch of grass, where we burned the witch, Lily. She stood there for a long time then collapsed. While she was on her knees, she screamed out, the sound of a demon if you ask me. When her friend grabbed her, she told him she had seen her friend burn. She said she knew what had happened.”

“It’s her,” Howard hissed, awareness tingling through his veins like lifeblood. His leathered skin tightened near the spot

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