The Children of Wisdom Trilogy by Erickson Stephanie

Author:Erickson, Stephanie [Erickson, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Pickles Press
Published: 2016-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

The rest of my day only gets worse. My productivity is down to an all-time low. Everywhere I go, the ghosts are waiting for me, so I spent most of my day dodging them.

I try hanging back in the mists until the last possible moment, but that doesn’t work. It takes too long for my assignment to catch sight of me. I nearly lose him to the ghosts. I try hiding behind anything I can find—shrubs, cars, and desks—but that doesn’t work either. As soon as I introduce myself to my assignment, it’s over. The ghosts are all over me, as if grasping for their missed opportunity.

With each assignment, the number of ghosts seems to increase. A lot of souls had been left behind, I knew this, but I didn’t anticipate them flocking to me. I started with only a handful, but by the end of my workday, that number has doubled. There are at least ten waiting for me each time I touch down on Earth. Ten ghosts versus one Reaper. How do they know where I’ll be each time? The only thing I can reason out is that they’re drawn to dying people because they know a Reaper will come to collect them.

What’s even stranger is that they’re not the same ghosts. They’re different from one visit to the next. It’s staggering.

My day is almost over by the time I arrive at Alvin Welstein’s house in a small town near the coast of Alabama. Thankfully, the man I’m collecting has lived a long life, so he should be ready to go. His wife passed years ago, and he’s been lonely ever since. He’s dying in his own bed, surrounded by their children and grandchildren, in the home they shared for over fifty years. As I climb the steps to his room, I prepare myself for the ghosts I know will be waiting for me. I hear his family members in the dining room, talking quietly over a cup of tea. When I reach the bedroom door, I stop and say a silent prayer. I know what waits for me on the other side, and I can only hope I have the strength to get through it.

As I go through the door, I don’t make a sound. I glance nervously at the ghosts that surround my assignment before I speak to him. They aren’t looking at him—they’re keeping watch for someone. I know it’s me, but they haven’t spotted me yet.

I go to him as quickly as I can. “Come, Alvin. Aimee is waiting for you.” It’s not a technique I use often, as there’s no way of guaranteeing they will both go to the same place and see each other on the other side. But it’s a risk I’m willing to take given the fact that ten ghosts have locked in on me and are closing in around us.

“What’s happening?” Alvin asks as he firmly grips my hand. The tremble tells me he’s just as frightened as I am.

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