Shadows Deep (Shadows #2) by Cege Smith

Author:Cege Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: haunted houses
Publisher: Cege Smith
Published: 2013-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Ellie stood over Martin’s body, staring down at him in disbelief. “I didn’t...I didn’t mean to. It was an accident”

“Well, you went after it with gusto, no doubt about it,” Lucy said. “That’s Ripher intuition in action.” There was a hitch in her voice that made Ellie glance at her.

That’s when she saw it. Lucy was afraid of her. “No one told me how this works. I didn’t even know I could do that. I’m scared out of my mind here. Shouldn’t someone be teaching me? Telling me what to do?” Ellie said. Her voice was shrill but she couldn’t help it.

“Hey, Ellie. It’s okay,” Lucy said, holding up her hands. “Thing is, nobody here can tell you that. It’d be like me trying to tell you how to use magic. We’re apples and oranges. I can only tell you what I know based on what I’ve seen and heard. I’ve never actually done what you are doing. I’m sorry.”

“And what am I doing?” Ellie choked.

“They don’t call your kind Riphers for nothing. Basically you rip out something of someone that doesn’t belong to you and you make it your own,” Lucy said.

Tears welled in the corners of Ellie’s eyes, but she refused to let them fall. “I didn’t ask to be like this. I never wanted to hurt Martin. But Mikel threatened to never let me see David again.”

Lucy tried to give her a hug but Ellie pushed her away. “Don’t. Just don’t. I feel like a sick and demented person. Now I’m a murderer too.”

Lucy’s eyes crept up over her shoulder and narrowed. Then she pushed up to her feet. “I don’t think you are supposed to be in here right now.”

Ellie turned and saw David standing there with a shocked expression on his face as he witnessed the scene in front of him.

“David!” Ellie jumped up and went to him. She grabbed his hand to try to get his eyes to lock on hers. “This isn’t what it looks like. Let’s go somewhere and I can explain.”

Although it was under her breath, Ellie still heard Lucy mutter, “Or it’s exactly what it looks like.”

Ellie tugged on David’s hand and pulled him out into the hallway and down to the foyer at the bottom of the stairs. Then she hugged him and was relieved when he put his arms around her and stroked her hair.

“David, I don’t know what’s happening to me,” she whispered against his shoulder. “I feel like I’m losing my mind.”

“Ellie, what happened in there? What happened to that kid?” David asked, pulling away. “Does this have to do with Mikel?”

Ellie shook her head and refused to meet his eyes. “It’s hard to explain, David. Mikel threatened me and said that I had to do what he wanted me to do, otherwise he’d never let me see you again.”

Stepping back, David took Ellie by the shoulders and made her look him in the eye. “Elle, what did you do?”

This time when the tears came, she didn’t stop them.

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