The Sunlight Slayings by Kevin Emerson

Author:Kevin Emerson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781497602038
Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller

“Oliver!” Emalie called.

But Oliver was grabbing the silver door handle. What was this? The door clicked open. Inside, he saw a small, spare room. There was a desk and a comfortable chair. The side walls were lined with black bookshelves, empty except for a book or two here and there. On the back wall was a large, diamond-shaped window. Through it, Oliver saw the red lands and starry, crystal-black sky of Nexia. There was a pyramid of gleaming jade in the distance. Lying on the red rock, closer, was the head from a huge amethyst statue. It had gold eyes that gleamed like coins. Oliver could barely focus on that, though, because beyond that, overwhelming everything, was the Gate.

As soon as he saw it, Oliver longed to sit down in that comfortable chair and just stare at it. It was enormous, shining in golden light. He felt like he could just make out its form, its towers and columns, but more than that …

Oliver, the Gate spoke in his mind, see me clearly.

“Oliver!” Emalie’s voice was urgent, but distant. He wanted to stay here, maybe read a book or two—because there would be more books, he felt sure of that—and gaze at the Gate.…

This is my place in your mind, Illisius’s voice echoed in the room.

Suddenly his side exploded in pain. Oliver stumbled backward, out of the room and into the hall. He looked up wildly. The door slammed shut. The grotesqua was gone. The hall had gone black. Its sides were melting away in chaotic ripples.

“Oliver!” It was Dean, but he sounded far away.

Oliver’s head seared as the hissing cry of the wraith burst through everything. He looked ahead and saw blackness, and the coiling form looming over him, claws bared—

There was a rushing of light, and hands grabbed him. Oliver looked up to see Dean and the rafters of Emalie’s basement. They were out of his head, back in the basement, and Dean was dragging him to his feet.

“Come on!” he shouted.

But Oliver’s side felt like it had tied itself in a knot. He couldn’t move.

There was another wicked scream. Oliver looked up—

The curtain of red vapor was gone. Emalie stood over him, shrouded in black, her eyes shut. Her hands were clasped together, and burning light as if from a sun radiated between her fingers.

They hadn’t gotten out in time, and now the wraith had possessed Emalie. It shrieked, and Emalie opened her hands.

The air rippled with heat, and Oliver felt the full power of the Scourge hit him directly. The pain from his side brought spots to his eyes. He flopped to the ground, and now he felt hot, searing fire all over his body. His eyes went white with brightness, and he was vaguely aware of the sunlight escaping from them —

No! he screamed inside, sunlight bursting from his mouth, The amulet shard isn’t enough—I— He felt burning all over and a terrible panic as the world became light—then everything ceased.

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