Possessed by Holmes Steffanie

Author:Holmes, Steffanie [Holmes, Steffanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult
ISBN: 9780995130272
Amazon: B07VF8VY8Y
Goodreads: 52059280
Publisher: Bacchanalia House
Published: 2019-10-14T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

My breath hitched. My hands curled into fists, but there was no point running. Or attacking. Loretta was one of them now, one of the edimmu. I could hurt her, but she’d keep on coming.

I had my fire, but I didn’t want to use it on her. Not unless I had to.

So I kept my hands at my sides and turned toward the gate. She stood just inside, one tiny hand clutching the iron post, the other shoved into the pocket of her skirt. I studied her, resplendent in her immaculately-tailored Derleth uniform, her once-unruly frizzy hair now tamed and lacquered into place. I’d never been able to understand her. Even now I didn’t know if she was friend or foe.

How is this was going to play out?

“Loretta, hi.” I kept my tone light, friendly. “How’d you find me?”

“I was reading in a corner of the garden when I saw you hide in the flower bed. You got up after the others left, but you didn’t see me. I followed you here.” Her eyes didn’t leave mine, not even to flicker over the gravestones of her classmates.

“Did they erect a gravestone for you?” I searched the rows for a newer-looking stone, but it was hard to see in the gloom of the trees. “Or is a permanent marker for Miskatonic Prep students only?”

Loretta folded her arms across her chest. “I heard you were placed in Dunwich Institute. That’s a cutting-edge facility – some of the most revolutionary medical procedures for treating mental illness have come from there.”

“Oh, yeah. It’s a real swell place.” My voice dripped with scorn. “You should visit one day. I’m going to make it my vacation spot.”

“I heard you burned it to the ground.” I wasn’t sure if she was accusing me or congratulating me.

“Probably an exaggeration, but I haven’t been back to check.” I sucked in a breath. If there was one person at this school that could help me, it would be her. “Loretta, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Greg’s missing.”

“Of course I noticed.” Her voice took on an edge I didn’t like.

“I think Ms. West might have him. She used to have a laboratory in the old icehouse. She might have taken you there when she…” I wasn’t sure how to say it. “Changed you. But it’s not there now. Do you have any idea where she might have moved it?”

“If I knew, do you think I’d be standing here talking to you about it?”

I bit back a mean response. The truth was, Loretta never wanted to take action, not even when Greg was the one being bullied. “If you hear or see anything, can you let Andre know? That way you don’t even have to talk to me. I just want to find Greg before she…”

Loretta’s eyes blazed. “You made a deal, didn’t you? So she can’t hurt him.”

“If I know anything from my time in Dunwich, it’s that Hermia West knows how to loophole her way to getting exactly what she wants.

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