The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton by Rebecca Hamilton

Author:Rebecca Hamilton
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: paranormal fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 9780985081805
Publisher: Immortal Ink Publishing, LLC
Published: 2012-01-25T20:00:29+00:00

LATER THAT NIGHT, Charles helped wrap my ceramic and glass bowls in brown paper, while the spirit lady watched me through the kitchen window.

I never startled when I saw her anymore. She was as constant as the rising sun—with me wherever I went for the past few months: outside the diner when I worked, outside my home, outside Charles house, her figure drawing ever nearer.

Sooner or later, I’d find a way to get rid of her, but, so long as she wasn’t hurting anybody, she simply was not my top priority, no matter how deeply the unease was settling in my stomach with her around.

While packing away the contents of my curio cabinet, Charles stumbled across the tin of notes from Mrs. Franklin, and my gaze darted from the spirit lady to him. I eased the tin from his grasp.

“Some old letters I need to get rid of,” I said more nonchalantly than I felt.

I set them aside. Soon, I wouldn’t need them. I’d move, and the notes would stop. Mrs. Franklin had no interest in Charles’ property. Sometimes I still worried about Marcus, but he couldn’t know where Charles lived. I never came or went from there—or anywhere—at night, and Charles said the Cruor wouldn’t waste their resources by having a human follow me during the day. There was too much else to be done.

Perhaps it was vain to keep thinking I was special enough to warrant the obsession of one of the Council’s leading henchmen. The precautions Charles and I took were just that—precautions. Currently, there appeared to be no impending doom.

None that I was aware of, anyway.

I was worrying myself over nothing, and Charles reminded me of that every chance he got. Just as frequently, however, he reminded me of the potential dangers that would always weave together the fabric of our relationship.

“It’s not terrible I’m immortal,” Charles said. “For you, I mean.”

I froze, one hand lowering a wrapped plate into a box. “No?” I asked, hoping for him to take it back, but he just stared stonily back.

“I can protect you. If you understood the potential dangers—”

“I understand fine,” I said. “And I can protect myself once I figure out how to tap into my ancestor’s powers.”

“You’re still upset I won’t seek out the Ankou,” he said.

“You have your reasons.”

“The Ankou should be focused on why they are here,” Charles said defensively. “It’s beyond me how they find time to do these things when they are supposed to be moving the spirits of deceased immortals to the afterlife.”

Moving spirits? That’s what the Ankou did?

I turned around and busied myself distributing my book collection between several boxes. I’d add some lighter items in later. Right now, I wanted to be alone in my thoughts.

Charles might not want to find the Ankou for himself, but maybe they could get rid of the creepy woman-spirit. I could work up the nerve to ask for their help—to tell strangers I’d never meet again about this spirit that was following me. If the Ankou thought I was crazy .

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