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Nameless: The Darkness Comes Chapter Nineteen
CHAPTER NINETEEN“Reed Taylor, I need to talk to you.” I was nothing if not polite and gracious on the phone. A thing of beauty. An absolute queen of decorum.“Uh, not right now, Luna. I’m kind of in the middle of something.”I felt my eyebrows rise. “Really? But Seth believes me and needs our help.”“Not now. This is important.”“What could be more important than helping me get Lydia back?”He made a sound, and I could tell he was getting exasperated. Was I really being that forceful? Well yes, yes I was. But I needed him, and he knew it. At least, I thought he knew it.“Reed Taylor?” I asked.His voice was definitely strained. “Nothing is more important than getting your niece back. That’s precisely what I’m trying to do. But I need to deal with this right now, all right? Later, bye.” And he hung up.He hung up, just like that.I stared at the phone in shock. It looked properly apologetic. “I have no idea why he would possibly act in such a dastardly manner,” it seemed like
Nameless: The Darkness Comes Chapter Twenty
CHAPTER TWENTY“What are you doing here?” I demanded. I was so angry I was shaking.Sparkles laughed. “Oh, darling, you never cease to amuse me. You’re always so quick to lose your temper. You realize that’s why you’re always alone, don’t you? Nobody can take your attitude.”“Shut up,” I bit out. “Tell me where she is.”She smiled. It was reptilian. I saw demonic appendages waving in her hair and hatred emanating from her skin. She and the demon had become one, alright. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to hit her. I wanted to hit Reed Taylor, who was standing there looking more angry than I had thought possible.“Whatever are you talking about? Everybody knows you’re touched in the head, talking to things that aren’t there. Do you really think you see them? Or do you simply lie? Nobody would blame you if you do. What a tragic childhood. What a horrid, difficult girl.”A dark tentacle slid out of her mouth and went up through her nose. Her eyes looked like they were leaking oil.“T
Nameless: The Darkness Comes Chapter Twenty-One
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE“Luna.”I moaned and threw my arm over my face. It didn’t help any.“Luna. Good morning, pretty girl.”“Mom?”A snort. “Nice try, loser.”I blinked and sat up. I was still on the floor in Lydia’s room. Cripes, I hadn’t slept in a normal bed for two nights, and it was starting to get to me. My bones were screaming.The Mouthy Demon lounged in the doorway. “Time to rise, sunshine.”I yawned and stretched. “What are you doing here, Mouth? What time is it?”He flowed over and sat beside me. “It’s time for you to get cracking. I’m here to tell you to quit feeling sorry for yourself and get your butt in gear.”I frowned. “I’m not feeling sorry for myself.” I gingerly prodded at the emotional wounds from the last few days. Missing Lydia, nearly-dead Seth, betraying Reed Taylor. Ouch. Yeah, I was feeling sorry for myself.Mouthy Demon kicked at me with his dark foot. It almost hurt.“Hey! You’re feeling calm and happy again! Look at you, almost fully formed.” I d
Nameless: The Darkness Comes Chapter Twenty-Two
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWOThe shower was always a place where I could think. It was a place where I was truly alone except for once when I caught something peeping out at me from the bathroom mirror. Seth had come running when I had screamed and had assured me it wasn’t a demonic presence but only a particularly bad case of bed head. As if.I let the water cleanse everything away. The leftover malice, the hurt and despair. I tried to imagine the water had healing properties that could wash away all of the misery. But really, I simply had to push it all to the back of my mind. I couldn’t afford to waste my energy feeling crushed. It was time for action.I dried off, got dressed, and combed my hair. I stepped out of the room to see Mouth leaning against the wall, waiting for me.“Hello, Mouth. You’re being particularly stalkerish and creepy this morning.”“Really? I thought I was always this way. Maybe you’re just ultra-sensitive.”“Shut up.”He followed me down the stairs. “You look kin
Nameless: The Darkness Comes Chapter Twenty-Three
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREEWe ended up at a house on the far side of town. I was expecting a crazy, broken down, dilapidated house that screamed, “Haunted!” and, “Demonic!” and, “Hello, I’m your worst nightmare!” But this was a normal stucco house standing shoulder to shoulder with its normal stucco neighbors. There was even a kitschy little lawn gnome in the garden.“Who lives here, the Stepford Wives?” I eyed the neat hedges rimming the cheery yard. “Is this house going to kill me?”“No. It’s just a house. The house itself can’t hurt you.”Mouth was standing ramrod straight. Calm and happy he was not. He was more wispy than I had seen him in a while.“Mouth. You’re freaky nervous. Tell me what’s going on.”He didn’t say anything, which was unlike him. I wanted to kick him, but my foot would just go right through.“Mouth?”He turned and grasped my hands in both of his, but I didn’t feel anything besides a rush of cold air.“Luna,” he said earnestly. “I can’t go in there with you. I
Nameless: The Darkness Comes Chapter Twenty-Four
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURMy stomach lurched when the doorknob turned easily under my hand. I expected the door to creak, but it opened silently, and I stepped inside.Hazy light filtered through the windows, making it difficult to see the sparse furniture and filthy red carpet. It looked like the carpet had been ripped up, snapped out by a giant hand, and left to lie where it fell.“Hello?” I called. I didn’t expect an answer, but it seemed abnormal to simply saunter in unannounced. My mama didn’t raise rude little girls. That’s what I told myself, anyway. Honestly, I was trying to restore some sense of order to the place. Maybe it would keep me from flipping out.Stop. Get a hold of yourself. I released the breath slowly and realized my fingernails were digging into the palms of my hands. The sound of water echoed, a sickly trickle that inexplicably filled me with thoughts of taint and decay. I was as drawn to the sound of the water as I was repulsed by it. My imagination was already s
Nameless: The Darkness Comes Chapter Twenty-Five
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEThere wasn’t anything else I wanted to see here. I stepped over the shrieking, crawling starfish and headed deeper into the house of horrors. What was it Mouth had said? This house was full of illusions and deceptions. Starfish didn’t scamper around like that. Water didn’t turn into blood. This wasn’t real.Still, I wasn’t going to chance fate by standing around and declaring shenanigans. I was here to find Lydia, and that’s what I was going to do.Blood wet my boots with every step. The carpet was no longer merely soggy but was drenched with more liquid than it could hold. The place smelled like a slaughterhouse. I pressed on.There were two doors on the back wall. One was painted yellow and one blue. I hate yellow, quite honestly, so I reached for the blue door.“I wouldn’t do that,” said a voice. I whirled around.“Who said that?” I demanded angrily. I couldn’t see anybody.“It’s a trap. Both doors lead to Hell.”A small girl appeared out of the gloom and
Nameless: The Darkness Comes Chapter Twenty-Six
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXI woke up with something long and leggy skittering over my mouth. I sat up, spitting and sputtering, and the dark thing faded into the darkness. There’s nothing like tasting demonic viscera when you’re coming to. My life rocks.The hateful necklace of death was charred, blackened, and crumbling around my neck. I tore it free and threw it against the wall. Whatever that thing in the other room had been, it apparently didn’t have any hold here. Now whether that was because the prize truly was behind Door Number One or because there was something even scarier in here, I had to find out. I staggered to my hands and knees, still unable to get to my feet. My head was killing me, but the frantic pounding in my chest hurt even worse.It seemed quiet enough. I squinted through the dim light, taking in the small room packed to the gills with junk. Old bureaus and broken chairs were covered in so much dust that I instinctively covered my nose and mouth with my arm. Several m
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