The Garden of Death by L.L. Hunter

Author:L.L. Hunter [Hunter, L.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-06-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Eden

For a place seemingly filled with undead people, ghosts, and lost souls, the cemetery was eerily quiet and empty. So far, Abraham and I were the only entities around.

“What are we waiting for?”

“Ssh.” Abraham put a hand out to shush me. “You’ll wake them before they’re ready.”

“But aren’t we waiting for them to wake? If we wake them early, then we can speed up the process.”

He growled. “Why are teenagers so impatient? You don’t understand.”

“Well, would you enlighten me? I’m here to learn, remember? Sheesh.”

“Fine. You can’t wake the bodies up before three days because they will be restless, and half transformed, thus vicious.”

“Are we dealing with vampires now?”

He turned to glare at me. “I think you’ve read too many badly written sappy teen novels. For the last time, vampires and zombies don’t exist. Now shut up and be patient.”

“But I just want to know what I’m dealing with before I face it.”

“I’m telling you now if you don’t be quiet, then you’ll be facing undead creatures that are in between places and that want to suck your life force out in search of their own souls.”

I flinched. Was he serious? I turned back to the grave in front of us and crossed my arms.

“How long do you think it’s been for this one?”

“The three days are almost up. Any minute now.”

I continued staring straight ahead at the grave, and what felt like hours, but was only a few minutes according to my wrist watch.

“Oh, I forgot to ask,” I interrupted the silence once again. This time, Abraham turned and fully glared at me.

“Sorry, but what exactly do I do once the creature comes out of the grave?”

“You read The Book of Reaping, right?”

“That big dusty book with the demonic words in it, yes.”

“Well, can you remember the incantation for how to return a soul?”

“How to return a soul? What? But I thought these guys had lost their souls? How can we return a soul if we don’t have a soul?”

“That’s what this is for.” Abraham dropped the heavy looking black duffle he had been carrying at his feet. I had totally forgotten about it.

“What’s in the bag?”

He untied the top of the back and opened it wide for me to see.

“Empty Soul Spheres?” I looked at him in confusion.

“They won’t be empty for long. That’s what this is for,” he said, stamping his cane on the ground in front of him.

“Your cane? I just thought you liked carrying it. It has a purpose?”

“Yeah. It’s a sort of Soul tracker and magnet.” He placed his hand down on top of it where a whitish-grey crystal sat. The crystal lit up blue as soon as his palm touched it. My eyes grew wide, mesmerized by the glowing crystal.

“Now I can track the souls. Stand back.”

I did as he said, not really sure what was happening. The ground beneath us began to quake and quiver and all of a sudden, a bright white light shot out from the crystal on top of the cane, blinding me.

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