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Why had Jessie returned to haunt her?
Not to haunt you…To warn you…
Had that thought come from her own mind, or had Jessie mouthed the words?
She couldn’t tell, but the ominous figure in the dark cowl came closer, nose in the air, so close that surely Jessie sensed him. She had to feel the heat of his fetid breath against the back of her neck, yet she didn’t move, not even when he raised a hand over her.
Watch out! Jessie, run! Run as fast and as far as you can!
She mouthed something to Becca, then glanced back at the monster.
Becca’s heart was pounding, fear coursing through her bloodstream, but Jessie, facing into the wind, stood motionless. Didn’t try to escape.
No!
The monster stopped. Hand raised, he drew a knife from deep within the folds of his cloak and stared over Jessie’s shoulder straight at Becca.
Becca gasped. This was what had killed Jessie.
And it was coming for her.
Chapter Twenty-One
“Becca?”
She heard her name as if from a distance. It rolled inside her head, echoing.
“Becca!”
Hudson? It was Hudson’s voice?
“I’m coming in.”
She blinked, her eyes opening to the bright lights of her own bathroo
m. Her head ached dully and she was lying on the cool tile floor, her head inches from the bathtub, her feet nearly touching the tub. She remembered the demon in her vision, could almost smell the saltwater that had clung to him. Was he even real?
“Dear God,” she whispered, thinking of her unborn child.
She lay motionless, trying to pull herself together, trying not to shiver from the coldness and the fear.
The bathroom door cracked opened and Hudson, all six feet of him, stepped inside. Seeing her on the floor, he went pale as death. “What happened?” He was at her side in an instant, dropping to his knees as she struggled to hers. “Are you all right? Becca!” Concerned eyes studied her, strong arms surrounded her.
Wincing against the pain, she remembered the pregnancy test. Where the hell had the wand rolled to?
“You had another vision,” he realized, concern etched into his voice.
“Yes.” She rubbed the back of her head where it had hit the floor. God, it hurt. “I’m fine, though.”
“You need to see a doctor.”
“No doctor. I’ll be fine.” She spied the pregnancy wand with its two vibrant lines announcing that she was pregnant. Corralling it with one hand, she wordlessly handed it to him.
He looked down at the two pink lines. “This means…?”
“Positive. You’re still okay with this?” she asked anxiously.
“I’d be better if you let me take you to a doctor. You’re pregnant,” he said, as if she needed to be reminded. “And these visions…I don’t like them.”
