The Dark Shroud(Book 1)

ry open room with hardwood floors and vaulted ceilings with French windows. On one end facing the east is a fireplace and to the north are French doors that open to a

closet and pull out the drawers built into the walls. I leave

he apartment is on the third level of th

and boxes start to fill the room from

lace. After a few seconds a black tri English bull terrier

o go ou

spin in circle

s go

l open and walk with Brina down t

a bush nearby. I walk around for a

ew to the

inned woman standing with vit

nd she sits do

extends her hand for me to take; "I

ke it. "My name is Anna

b. It must pay good money to be ab

gh before noticing Sandra sitting next me. "Go ahead and say hi." She walks over to Sandra, sits in fro

y well b

family has been breeding bull te

ed into the

no

that that lev

I couldn't tell. What

alks the hallway at midnight every ni

ho?"

avoid it as much as possible at midnight. Why does everything creepy have

ity and the gray area is the thinnest. It is also the time in

see her toni

go." She stands up. "I'll talk to you lat

," I smile. "It is

d and I shake it. "

," I say walking to th

nd level and stairs to make sure no one is looking. After I know that the place it empty, I jump into the gray area and look for the ghost. I see her walking on the othe

n most. Her clothes she is wearing suggest that she died in the late si

e waiting for her and she smile

her to close th

me?" she asks me with a big

lding out my han

ny? Will he get

er into my apartment. I close the door and sit on the couch that

tient as I am with souls, it takes her several minutes to finally speak. Her vo

nny I would never cheat. All of our time together was mostly glancing and small conversations. It then got to a point where we couldn't be without each other and then Johnny became suspicious of our relationship. He confronted me and I told him that I love the man, but that is all. He didn't believe me; he accused me of bein

hrew me over the side railing in the hallway. When I fell down the three stories, I hit my head on the second level staircase. And when I hit the ground, I was standing over my body that was mangle

ason why your soul left your bo

t re

swer. "Not because your body was broken, but because you still deeply loved Johnny in yo

body. And a broken soul cannot mend until they resolve unfinished b

that mean

." I place my hand on her cheek. "It is a reason why a reaper wasn't called to h

rts to sob. "So,

you still need to do in this lif

derst

n the knee, "okay?" I have never had a ghost as a ro

d I stand u

get in here?" I didn't

jumped t

at abuse

t isn't considered abuse of power if it is for travel. I became a high priori

s a high priority

ediately. There is no waiting when I get called

planned ahe

ntually kill her. I wouldn't be called into this reaping because the death was premeditated by the man. Now if the man, at first, wasn't thinking about killing the woman and he

the deaths fate

ng a glass bowl on

ave you bee

ening another box. "I hope to o

there was

fates and they determine who will live and die. Then there are the angels of death, they take the souls from the reapers

ath is

own to truly exist. In the end,

ave to

will it be." I unfold the blanket and spread it over my b

remember

a broken spirit. Any

and then lowers her

pen a box and take out a laptop. "I ca

th. I come across a page that tells of a death a young woman who seemed to have tripped and fell o

nn Turner so

at me. "Yes, it does. And Johnny

uter and find that he is stil

face and I put my hand on h

want to

ot," she says

he right track to mending your

orms out of the apartment and clo

ut of the bedroom and bound upon me to kiss my arm. I smile and tell her to

oks at the packa

book on a shelf and walk

ffany Tracey, he holds out a pen and

the package from

ackage. Inside the package, there is an env

ld like to invite you to our

held at our fat

mally complement

down and open the tissue paper to reveal a black metallic Capri masquerade mas

ight into a room with an older husky man with dark features hooked up to an I.V. and a respira

to reap this man. I sit next to the man and see that he is in a coma and he also looks very familiar. I place my hand on his and feel his soul inside. The hold is very strong between his s

to have you killed." The man starts to turn switches off and he leans over to unplug the machine completely. The man then takes the heart monitor off his finger and puts it on his to keep the alarm from going off. My guess is that he is doing t

he bed with his body. He then looks at the man

he had something to

n't going to wake up from y

d stands next to his killer. "I saw you

oks so familiar.

turns to his killer, "And

on kill you?" I

couldn't wait

d and give him a

Irish mob here in Bost

w your

him into the shadow of the sanctuary

you're dead anyway." I now need and try to know what I c

hat doctor Ren k

on

sure you have been there

the underworld. And depending on how you live

heav

of death will be h

im in the sanctuary and

king to Brina and smiling. Brina is holding her favorite toy and is tryin

e smiles and asks me

swer her. "I've had her at m

own at Brina. "I decided t

y smiling. "Where do

w, what do y

to it and open it, it should still be open on the last s

hite. He is much older with grey in his hair and skin that doesn't want to cling to

adow and into plane

t I am in his house. "Who are you an

d the small coffee table and sit on the couch next to the old man. "I am also

shocked. "I wan

rily, but you ar

and throwing the book onto the coffee table. "You are

and. "Will you se

before he opens the door, I turn the light off,

and looks aro

to ask." I grab him again and jump him i

ees Lori Ann stand

threw me over the

hocked, he

ou do it?"

leaded taking a step closer to her. "I couldn

because her soul was shattered. She was conflicte

orry for what I did. I really am, I have been living with th

u turn yoursel

that killed you. If I turned myself in, I would h

yourself in would keep fr

no matter how much I tried to forget, the though

was pregnant when you killed me, not only did yo

and as he cries, his soul starts to we

I voice says f

re a beautiful golden brown and her skin is like milk chocolate. Her

are you doing her

an assi

ioning look. "Who

them," sh

t. Do what you need to do." I leave her to do he

shoulder and turn to see Amber sta

h me too." She says smiling at me before taking h