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For those of you who missed the post of the release, I briefly explained how the series began as an idea for a Young Adult novel, and that I had in fact written what amounts to a novella taking place the summer before REBORN begins, and I decided to release it here on steemit.
BORN
Chapter Sixteen
Anna kept her head down and concentrated on the path, running into someone in the process. She mumbled an apology as hands gripped her arms, but rather than steady her they squeezed hard. She looked up into pitch black eyes and a scream caught in her throat.
“You should watch where you’re walking little bird,” the man/thing hissed, pushing her backward slightly as it released her.
She stood frozen for a moment but as soon as the shock lifted she bolted, pushing past people blindly, uncaring of where she was headed, as long as it got her far away from that.
**
The two brothers watched the girl flee and looked at one another.
“No way.” Will said, shaking his head slightly. “She just sensed the malice, some people can do that.”
Josh nodded as they resumed following their quarry, though he wasn’t completely convinced. The look on her face when she’d met the man’s eyes was like she’d seen them for what they were…then again this was a hippie fest, she was probably tripping on something and the fuck had just freaked her out by grabbing her.
“Seriously bro.”
Josh turned to his brother and raised a brow. “Are you convincing me or yourself?”
Will snorted. “Whatever. If you think I’m wrong then we’ll find her once we take the motherfucker out.”
Josh smiled slightly, “Well it’s not as if we’ve got anything better to do.”
Will grinned and cuffed him on the back of the head earning himself a dirty look.
“Assface.”
“Numbnuts.”
“Your mama.”
“No your mama.”
“Well since your mama was my mama…
Will rolled his eyes. “Shut the fuck up and keep your eyes on the dirty bastard.”
They wove their way through the sea of people, eyes glued to the man who had allowed himself to become a vessel for a demon. So far the thing seemed unaware that it was being hunted, it was far too occupied with its new found state of being. When it was in shadow form it could not physically interact with the earth or any of the natural creatures that occupied it. The only power it had was a whisper in the subconscious. Generally people would dismiss it as an errant thought, but if they began to listen to these “thoughts” they would grow louder and more insistent. Once their attention had been truly snared, that was when the demon would begin its seduction, projecting images of wealth and power, until finally the individual had a decision to make. If it gave the demon permission, and this was key as the demon could not enter without it, then it could enter the body and take control.
What the human didn’t know was that once this occurred they would essentially cease to exist. Only their memories would remain. And there was no coming back from it, even if hunters were able to exorcise the demon without killing the physical form first, the body would die in the process. Over the ages Hunters had tried every variation to try and save the people involved, but had come to the conclusion that the individual had died the moment they had given consent.
“Do you see him?” Josh shouted to his brother over the thunderous music emanating from the dance tent.
“Fuck! I think we lost him, go around the other side, I’ll go through,” Will instructed.
They split up, both hoping to God the motherfucker was not planning anything catastrophic. With so many people it was the perfect place for mass destruction. On the other hand it was also the place for plain old debauchery, and if they were lucky that was all it had in mind for the moment.
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