Curse of Souls by Niranjan

Author:Niranjan [Office, WPS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Geetha Krishnan

PHILIP WOKE UP WITH a feeling like he was dying. Casey was sound asleep next to him, and Philip checked the time. It was just past midnight. Why was he feeling this? His heart was hammering, his skin clammy and every part of him wanted to leave the bed and-

“Raylan!” he whispered. His breath was coming too quickly, and he shook Casey. “Casey! Wake up!”

“What?” Casey sounded groggy as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.

Philip’s vision was blurring, and he couldn’t catch a breath. Everything was distant and yet too close. He tried to focus, but it was impossible. Casey’s voice calling his name sounded like it was coming from far away. Philip was drowning and there was nothing there but a nameless panic and dread.

“Philip!” A hand was on his back, his hand on someone’s chest, against their wildly beating heart. “Breathe!” The voice commanded. Philip’s fingers curled around the warmth of the flesh, the steady rise and fall of their breathing, and he heaved in a lungful of air.

“Casey.” He buried a tear-stained face in Casey’s chest. When did he cry? When was the last time he cried? “I think Raylan’s in danger.” His voice shook, and he was barely able to get the words out.

“Danger how?” Casey asked, his voice quiet.

“I think he’s dying.” The words almost got stuck in his throat. He was shaking again, his breath coming out in ragged gasps. “I can’t… Casey… I need to go to him!”

It was a primal urge, no reason or logic. Even as a part of him acknowledged that this was nothing like him, that part had no say against the panic bubbling up inside him, against the dread that pooled in his belly.

“Get dressed,” Casey said, releasing him, voice brisk and steady. “We’ll go.”

Philip dressed more quickly than he ever had in his life; everything felt like a daze. When he turned, Casey was dressed and waiting for him, his face shadowed, and all Philip could see was the sharp angles of his cheeks.

“You’ll have to open a portal,” Casey said, his voice neutral, but calm. “I don’t know where he is.”

Philip didn’t either, but his magic apparently did, because he opened the portal on to a darkened bedroom with a still figure on the floor and another one twitching and whimpering.

“Raylan!” Philip was at his side in a flash, kneeling down and touching him, something deep within him settling at the contact.

Casey was examining the other man. He joined Philip, saying. “He may need medical attention. I’m going to find someone.”

He opened the door and nearly bumped into a woman who was coming in. They stopped, staring at each other. Philip had risen with Raylan cradled in his arms.

“Can you help him?” he asked.

She looked from him to Casey and to Raylan and the dead man on the floor, her eyes wide and mouth open.

“Well?” Casey asked, sounding impatient.

She nodded. “I can try. I’m a doctor, but I’m not sure what happened here.”

“I’m assuming that man

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