The Company of Darkness by Lisa Olsen

Author:Lisa Olsen [Olsen, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Published: 2014-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Ethan went back to his new apartment still buzzing on the inside with the need to track Cady down. It was more of a room, really, with a tiny bathroom tucked into one corner, which stank of disinfectant and worse, but he didn’t care. He’d stayed in shittier places before, it hardly mattered.

From the bottom of his bag, he produced a folded map of the city and spread it over the bed, smoothing out the frayed edges. Sigils lined all four corners of the paper, all that was required was to speak the incantation and focus on his quarry. The words fought him, as they always did, making him break out into a sweat as he uttered the last phrase, the pop in his ears letting him know the casting was successful.

Only there was no telltale glow on the map. Cady was either not nearby anymore or being shielded. Both were equally frightening. If the Company had taken her, it was out of his hands. All that was left now was to wait until they returned her to her old life and try to reassemble the ruin of his.

“What are you waiting for, reaper? Find her.” Ash’s voice was impatient in his head.

Ethan spun around, his eyes wild. He could’ve sworn he heard…

“Who knows what they could be doing to her at this very moment, what tortures to induce her to talk.”

“What the fuck.” Ethan shook his head, trying to clear it. “Am I going insane?”

“You heard me, didn’t you?” Ash was near giddy at the realization.

“I heard…” He wasn’t ready to concede that the demon was actually talking to him. Aware of his actions, sure. Influencing his emotions, maybe. But actually communicating with him in his own head? “Fuck, I am losing my mind,” Ethan muttered. “I need to call in, I need help.”

“Don’t you dare! She needs us, and I can’t do a single thing without you.”

“Ash?”

“Who else would it be?” Ash scoffed in the corners of his mind. “Honestly, none of the others are even aware of their surroundings, let alone how magnificent Cady is.”

Was this how it started? Hearing voices? How long before he suffered a complete psychotic break? He’d never heard of a bound subject being able to converse with a host before.

“Yes, well, you can hardly judge me by that rabble’s standards, now can you?”

And now Ash was privy to his thoughts too, unbefuckinglievable. “I don’t understand how this is possible.”

“Nor do I, but that isn’t important right now, Cady is. She’s in grave danger. I can feel it, can’t you?”

“I feel…” Ethan hardly knew what he felt, everything was all jumbled inside. How much of his emotions or even his thoughts were influenced by the demon? “You’re the one doing this to me. Cady isn’t in any danger, even if the Company does have her. They don’t harm innocents. You’re the one screwing around with my emotions, making me this, this, this… mess.” Ethan sensed a flare of annoyance at his words. Good, let the bastard feel upset for a change.

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