Whispers of the Walker by E.E. Holmes

Author:E.E. Holmes [Holmes, E.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lily Faire Publishing
Published: 2016-12-06T06:00:00+00:00

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“Well, I guess we can all agree there is something very strange going on with Campbell,” I said, as soon as the car door had slammed shut behind us. We’d had Iggy stay outside the car, stationed as if he were guarding us. If any of Campbell’s staff questioned our sudden retreat to the sedan, we’d just have to pass it off as a quirk of the super wealthy. Surely, the mega-rich did far stranger things on a daily basis.

“You can say that again,” Hannah said. “Could everyone see what happened to him when he connected with Milo?”

“Yeah,” I said, nodding and shivering simultaneously. “What the hell was that cloud thing?”

“I have no idea, but I’ve never seen anything quite like it before,” Finn declared.

Hannah shuddered, as though thinking of the cloud-being repulsed her. “I guess that… that… thing is what he calls his angel. How would you describe it? It was some sort of…”

“Creepy fog?” I offered.

“Energy cloud?” Milo suggested.

“I guess so,” Hannah said. “That was all I could see. It definitely had an energy of its own. I could feel it when it entered the room, but… I’ve never felt anything quite like it in my life. It wasn’t a spirit—or if it was, there was something very wrong with it.”

“And once it came into the room, Campbell said he could see Milo,” Finn said.

“Actually, I don’t think he could,” said Milo.

We all turned to Milo. “What do you mean?” asked Hannah. “He knew right where you were. He looked right at you.”

“Not exactly,” Milo said. “He looked in my direction, but he wasn’t looking in exactly the right place. He was staring at a spot maybe a foot to the right. He knew my general location, but I don’t think he could actually see me.”

Hannah frowned. “Really?”

“Yeah,” Milo said. “I think that fog-cloud thing told him where I was, and he… just looked where it told him to look.”

We all digested this for a moment. As I processed, I realized something else about the experience that now made a little more sense.

“He couldn’t really hear you either, I don’t think,” I said. “There was a delay between when you spoke and when he registered what you said. Maybe that fog-creature was the one who could hear you, and relayed your answers to Campbell?”

Milo nodded. “Yeah. Yeah, that would explain it. He never acknowledged me before that thing came into the room.”

Finn ran a hand through his hair, as he always did when he was contemplating something; he mussed up his specially groomed ponytail in the process. “Okay, so it isn’t really Campbell who senses the spirits? It’s this… other thing?”

“I think so,” I said. “Based on what we saw, that would make sense.”

“Based on what we saw, nothing makes sense!” Finn cried. “Are we sure that thing isn’t a spirit? We could all see it, even though Iggy couldn’t—which holds true for other spirits.”

“No, I don’t think it could be a spirit,” Hannah said slowly, chewing on a lock of her hair.

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