Revenant (40 page)
Authors: Catrina Burgess
Directly below the words
save
me
were the letters
W
and
E
. But the
E
wasn’t quite finished—the writing trailed off
.
It was Wendy.
She’d written
the message
but wasn’t able to finish it.
Someone—or something—stopped her.
Relief
washed through me.
Wendy’s still alive
pounded through my brain.
Which
meant maybe Dean was, too.
Wendy’s s alive, but where is
she
?
If Gage took her—took them all—where
would he go
?
I
raised a trembling hand to my temples. Another darker, more worrisome thought
floated through my head.
I knew at my
very core that Wendy killed the girl laying on the floor. She’d used her blood
to write on the wall. I’d watched her slowly become something primitive,
something full of anger and evil. The demon’s dark tentacles were reaching into
Wendy’s mind—into her soul.
She
was morphing into…I didn’t know what. How long before the transformation was
complete? How long before my sweet, shy friend
was
lost
forever? Would I be able to find her in time? Would the death
dealers even let me try?
Gage
was still out there, and he wouldn’t stop until the demon horde
was freed
. I knew that other plans were in
motion, and that soon Fintan or another one of Gage’s twisted cabal would
figure out how to make it happen.
Darla
was intent on taking me back to the Phoenix Guild to face trial. While Gage raised
the legion, I would be fighting for my freedom, maybe even my life, with people
who should have been my strongest allies. The death dealers were unlikely to
let me out of their hands now that they had me. I needed them to help stop Gage,
kill the demon, and save my friends, but they weren’t in a mood to cooperate,
or even listen to me.
Unless
I could convince Luke to run, I would be forced to stay and face the consequences.
While
I stood trial for my sins, my friends would be fighting for their lives…and for
their souls. Would I be able to save any of them?
It’s time for Colina to face her
demons—once and for all.
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Thanks,
Full Fathom Five Digital staff for working so hard behind
the scenes and for caring about my books as much as I do. Thanks to my editors,
Kayla and Samantha.
Both are incredibly talented and
professional, but the best part?
They have a sense of humor.
Hugs
and kisses to my writing/critique buddies: author Anara Bella, author Vanessa
Jaye, and author Paige Holliman, and to my beta reader, Carol Huffman.
Thanks
to my best friends, Teri Chapman and author Marie Harte. They are always there
to encourage me and listen to me rant, which you wouldn’t think is a big part
of the writing process, but it really is.
I love you guys!
Catrina
Burgess writes because it helps keep the darkness away and reminds her that
there is magic in the world. She lives with one husband, two dogs, and a cat
named Shitty Kitty in a small mining town in Arizona. At night the place is
definitely spooky. She swears that she often hears the wind giggle and
sometimes feels a very odd breeze. Luckily, Cat loves all things that go bump
in the night.
What’s Cat doing when
she’s not writing? She turns into her alter ego, Chaoscat, the owner and
operator of RomanceJunkies.com—a romance review site that’s been around
since 2002.
Other than that, Cat
adores old movies, is a huge Joss Whedon fan, and has been known to eat pizza
and Cold Chinese food for breakfast. She is the queen of the board game
Stratego and has never been beaten. Never!
Connect
with Cat online at:
Author
website:
www.catrinaburgess.com
Facebook:
/authorcatrinaburgess
Twitter:
@catrinaburgess1
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This
is a work
of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2015 by Catrina Burgess
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