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“No, think about it,” Jayce argued, all of us stopping to focus on him. At this point, we hadn’t even made it to the abandoned wing. We were standing in the main hall. It was still daylight outside, so the meager light that came in through the windows illuminated the area enough that we could see each other.
“There were no reported cases that any of those kids died in these halls. In fact, this orphanage was only open for a short time. They moved all the children on. Either they were adopted or moved to other facilities.”
“So, who do you think is doing all this?” I questioned, trying my best to follow his thought process, but I was falling short.
Or maybe I just wasn’t ready to admit the truth. It was too fucking creepy.
“I think it’s her. This rapid mix of emotion is strong as hell. As much as I’d like to say that it was a whole crowd of ghosts, it’s probably one. If she is strong enough to do this and tether herself here, then what’s to say that she isn’t mimicking children because she knows they’re terrifying. She’s trying to scare us enough that we leave. We’ve talked about our purpose here. If she was listening, she wouldn’t be happy about it.”
“We need to be careful if she’s that strong,” Lucien said in a low voice.
We were all looking around us now, as if she was going to pop out at any second, and she very well could.
“We have to keep moving,” I urged. “We’re sitting ducks.”
No one protested as Lucien took the lead again, heading deeper into the building. I was shocked that nothing had stopped us as we pushed open the doors to the abandoned wing.
“What the hell happened in here?” I gasped as I looked around the guys when they stopped walking.
It was as if the ghosts threw a tantrum. There was broken furniture and debris in the hallway before, but nothing like this. Now the doors that were previously attached were barely hanging on, some even twisted and laying on the ground. The furniture was in splinters, busted apart and littered on the ground.
Picking our way through wouldn’t be easy. It would also be dangerous.
Now she had a whole arsenal of weapons to throw at us if she wanted to.
Here’s to hoping she’s in a good mood today.
It was eerily silent as we walked, and Jayce’s hand was now squeezing mine so hard that it was starting to ache.
“Look, there’s a sign,” Eli said. It was a directional sign, one arrow showing solitary and another pointing to the high-security wing.
We were definitely heading the right direction.
“Do you still have your backpack?” I asked Jayce in a hushed whisper. He turned slightly to show it to me.
“Yep, I’ve got the salt, lighter fluid, and matches ready to go.”
Even though there was confidence in his tone, he couldn't contain the shiver that racked his body.
"It's too quiet," he said, "That means she is biding her time."
"Stop overthinking it," I told him, giving his hand a little squeeze, but I couldn't agree more.
I glanced at him before my eyes returned to Lucien and Eli in front of us. Horror bubbled up as I noticed that Eli was starting to shake.
"Lucien, grab him," I choked out. Eli's gift always picked the worst time to kick in.
Just before Eli hit the floor, Lucine grabbed him, not letting his head slam into the hard floor.
When my legs allowed me to move again, I hurried to their side. I was just in time to see Eli's eyes roll up into his head as the vision took over.
"We should have left him outside," I sighed. Waiting for him to come out of this spell meant we were wasting precious time.
"Or in a padded cell?" Lucien joked, nudging me with an elbow. I loved that he was taking Eli’s role of dropping terrible jokes.
His words brought a little smile to my face but I couldn’t help but glance around as my heart rate spiked. We were exposed here.
"I hope this doesn't last too long," Jayce said as he squinted his eyes behind me. That was not reassuring at all.
