Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

Author:Abigail Boyd [Boyd, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Young Adult, ghosts
Publisher: Abigail Boyd
Published: 2012-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

TO TEST OUT my new-found superpower, I wore the necklace the next day and sneaked out into the backyard while holding Jenna’s hand. She thought I was a bit nutty, but she went along with it.

Claire was tending to her garden, her yellow gloves covered in dirt. As she dug into the dirt with a trowel, I jogged in a circle around her. Her wide-brimmed straw hat never rose and she kept digging. I bent down, still attached to Jenna, and stuck my face a foot from Claire’s, waving my free hand in front of her nose. She still didn’t acknowledge me.

“That doesn’t necessarily prove this is foolproof,” Jenna said as I stood back up. “Maybe it’s just your mom.”

“My mom has eyes like a hawk,” I muttered. “Let’s keep moving.”

I peered into the window next door and saw Theo alone in the kitchen.

“Too bad I can’t knock on the door,” I complained.

A smile twitched at the corner of Jenna’s mouth. “You can go right through the wall. At least, if you can do the same things I can.”

I frowned at her in disbelief, then stepped across the bricks leading to the door. I shoved my hand out towards the white wood. My fingers slipped right through, the sensation like cotton surrounding my skin.

“That’s pretty nifty,” I said, grinning at Jenna. We passed through into Theo’s farm-themed kitchen.

“Hi, Theo,” I said loudly. She didn’t even stir. “Theeeeooooo.” No answer.

I almost wanted to do something to tease her, but she got scared easily. I didn’t want to freak her out too much. It was almost impossible to resist banging a pan on the way out, though.

When I was holding Jenna’s hand, I felt very light and could see the shadows and fog more clearly. Our world looked softer and less real, pale and bland. Jenna and I discussed what to do with this new discovery.

“Let’s try something first,” I suggested. “When we hold hands, maybe it actually pulls me into Limbo. I feel different, kind of weightless.”

“Okay. So….”

“So, let’s try another seance. We tried performing one before, but I know more now. More about what we’re up against.”

“That’s so crazy that it just might fail,” Jenna said, lying on my bed with her bare legs crossed. “I’m up for it. But who are you going to try to contact?”

“My grandmother, Eleanor. Maybe she can guide me.”

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Hell only had one church within the township, The Church of the Holy Light, set almost to the city line. A sprawling graveyard had been planted around it, framed by shady trees and berry bushes.

One evening later that week, I parked my car in the empty church parking lot and opened the short little gate to the cemetery. People weren’t often buried within the stone walls anymore; most of the plots were full.

Jenna and I crept through the headstones. I wasn’t usually creeped out when I was in the graveyard; I felt more of a serene feeling. But this time, it felt much more desolate.

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