Unearthed by Rachael Wade

Author:Rachael Wade [Wade, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Rabbit Hole Press
Published: 2013-08-23T06:00:00+00:00

6

“Camille?” Anastasia’s voice stirred me, her accent throwing me into a time warp. It was so similar to Samira’s, I could’ve sworn it was Samira herself standing there right in front of me, holding out a mug to me in offering. “Tea?”

I stretched and stifled a yawn as I sat up in the rocking chair, closing my notebook. It had been propped open on my lap. I’d tried writing after Greta, Denise, and Gavin had left. I’d had some soup and must’ve dozed off. Every human defense was on red alert as I sat up straight and accepted the tea, my tired eyes turning focused as I took a hesitant sip. My attention was drawn to the absence of long, red nails.

This was not Samira standing in front of me.

“So, are you going to tell me who you are now?”

Anastasia’s eyes darted around nervously. She sipped at her tea and carefully sat down across from me. “You were meant to find me. You and your husband. I’ve been summoned as a link to give you a message.”

“A link? So, this does have something to do with the original witches?”

“Yes, you could say that. I am—was—an original witch.”

“Okay…”

“Yes,” she smiled shyly, shakily setting her mug down on the table, “and I was meant to be a hybrid.”

“As in…frozen soul and witch hybrid, like Samira?”

“And like Gérard, yes.”

“Wait.” I scooted forward on the rocking chair, trying to grasp this. “There are more hybrids?”

“No, not that I know of.”

“Why do you look almost identical to Samira? Sorry,” I laughed, baffled, “but if you’re here to give us a message, you must know we have tons of questions.”

“Yes, of course.” She tucked her black hair behind her ears and began to fidget. “I’m sorry I fainted like that, but this is all just as much a shock to me as it is to you. I was murdered, you see. And being as I was, well…dead, you can probably understand why I’m shocked to be alive right now, sitting here, speaking to you.” She flashed me another small smile, one that obviously begged for a little sympathy.

Murdered? Awakened? Holy crap, she really was Sleeping Beauty. Well, sort of. “Yeah, I can see how that would be…difficult. Can I ask who, who killed you?” Sensitive etiquette, be damned. I had to know.

“Samira.”

My legs sent my body catapulting straight up from the chair. “Excuse me?”

“Samira, my sister. We’re twins, in case you haven’t noticed.”

It must’ve been all the blood that rushed to my head when I stood too quickly that sent me dropping back to the rocking chair seat. I landed with a thud, my hands reaching and gripping the arm rests. I gulped. “I’m sorry, can you say that again?”

Her responsive smile was offering up sympathy now, instead of requesting some. “Samira and I are twins. She—along with your friends and some others—awakened me, as a link.”

“Awakened you...from Earth?”

“Yes. They have been trying to find a way to undo Gérard’s spell, the one that keeps you all trapped here, in this realm, even after his death.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.