Excerpt from PORTALS, by Maer Wilson, 2013
That night Parker had popped in to wake us at two in the
morning to tell us our best friend, Reo, had been shot. The young ghost was
distraught and panicked.
“They're on the back porch! You have to go help.”
“Where is he?” I asked groggily, as I jumped out of bed.
Thulu was instantly awake beside me, although he didn’t seem
any more alert than I did.
“Back porch.” Parker enunciated each word in slight
exasperation. “Go, please!”
Thulu looked at me, and I told him what Parker had said.
Thulu can read lips, but even with a night light the room was too dark.
Thulu threw off the sheet and we both ran from the room. I
was briefly glad we’d been wearing PJs.
Heart pounding, I took a few precious seconds to check on
our three year old son, Carter. His night light showed him blissfully unaware
of anything. Whatever happy dreams he was having made him smile slightly in his
sleep. I sighed in relief that he wasn’t having another of his nightmares.
Downstairs, Thulu had turned on the kitchen and porch
lights. In spite of the panic moments before, none of the three people on the
porch seemed frantic when I joined them.
Thulu looked
relieved, Reo was on the floor, but seemed stoic, and Sloane knelt beside him,
brow furrowed only slightly in concentration as he dealt with the wound.
My heart rate slowed down and my own fear started to slowly
dissipate. My heart gradually dropped from my throat back to its accustomed
place in my chest. Still my hands were shaking, and I felt the slight chill
from outside. The porch was screened in, and the late August day had been hot,
but the night brought a cool breeze that made its way along my arms.
The scent of flowers from the backyard didn’t quite mask the
smell of the blood that pooled on the porch floor around Reo. Sloane, his
partner and an elf, had already removed Reo’s jacket and shirt. A bullet lay on
the floor, and I could see the shoulder wound was already healing and closing
up. In a few moments, only the blood would remain as evidence that he’d been
shot.
Reo's face was white. The strain showed around his brown eyes
and his handsome face had the sheen of sweat on it. His short brown hair that was usually spiked, lay damp and flat
against his head, but he gave me a shaky smile.
“Bastard ruined my favorite jacket.”
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Relics at
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17767013-relics
“Unwanted Ghost” (A Thulukan Chronicles Story, #2) - http://www.amazon.com/Unwanted-Ghost-Thulukan-Chronicles-Story-ebook/dp/B00FYACAZO/
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