Betrayal (Vanish Book Two) by Sonny Daise Read Free Book Online Page B

by the chain, making sure not to
touch the pendant. I put it around my neck and the second I did it
felt like it was a part of me. It lit up again, but it dimmed. When
I turned toward the sign that I hadn’t yet read, I saw the name
Scarlett. I jumped back. There must be thousands of people named
Scarlett, I thought to myself. However, when I saw the date
written underneath, it was harder to deny.
    October, 28, 1993- September, 7, 1996
    My birthday, but I didn’t die on September,
7, 1996. You’re being crazy, I told myself, it’s just a
coincidence, a huge coincidence.
    The necklace stopped glowing, then there was
a sudden bright burst of light, and I was surrounded by what I
could only hope was hundreds of ghosts. The only other thing it
could be was the Alliance. I wasn’t excited about either.
    “You can see us,” one woman said.
    Yes, I could. It was obvious now. They were
ghosts, but why couldn’t I see them before? And why were there so
many?
    “Why are you here?” I asked.
    “Evil spirits can come here, there’s nothing
stopping them like the living, but this is the one place that
they’re scared to go. That doesn’t stop all of them, but we’re
safer here,” one of the ghosts explained.
    “I wouldn’t think anything could hurt you,
you’re ghosts.”
    “You have a lot left to learn—”
    “And not much time to learn it,” I
interrupted.
    “What do you mean?”
    “The Alliance is after me,” I answered.
    “You’re safe here, from them at least. Well,
besides one loophole….”
    “What’s that?” I wondered.
    “Evil spirits will sometimes take over the
bodies of innocent people. Like I said, nothing can really hold
back bad spirits ,” the ghost asserted.
    “Wait, what are you saying? They possess
them?” I asked.
    “No, they kill them, or wait for them to die
and take over their bodies completely.”
    “Most of the time,” another one spoke up.
    “There’s one of them among you,” a man said
in a nervous tone of voice.
    I looked through the crowd and for an
instant, I saw an unmistakable face.
    Someone came up behind me and put a bag over
my head. They carried me away without trouble, even though I kicked
and screamed and clawed at them. I kicked them pretty hard, and
they dropped me. I took the bag off my head and looked up in
horror.
    “What the hell?” I screamed.
    “Don’t make this difficult Scarlett. One way
or another, you’re coming with us,” Grace said.
    “What? Where?” I asked, terrified.
    “We haven’t exactly decided yet. Keep your
power or turn you in to the Alliance. Decisions, decisions,” Dante
laughed.
    “Dante, how could you do this to me?” I
cried.
    He didn’t answer. He walked back over,
getting ready to drag me off again. I kicked him in the shin as he
walked over, and then I got up and went invisible. I ran faster
than I’d ever run before. Soon, I saw the lights hanging off the
trees in the distance. I thought about screaming, but that could
either help or hurt me.
    When I made it to the door, I ran inside and
locked it. I noticed Cooper wasn’t there, so not wanting to disrupt
the party, I ran towards Cooper’s room. Before I got to his door, I
went visible with ease, and ran in.
    “Cooper,” I sobbed. “I think Grace and Dante
want to kill me.” Before I knew it, I was hugging him. He pushed me
off of him. “What’s wrong?” I wondered.
    “Nothing, you should go,” he snapped.
    “Did you not hear me? Dante and Grace are
after me,” I cried.
    “Just go. Go tell my mom or something, I
don’t care, just leave me alone.”
    “I don’t understand, what is this about?” I
demanded.
    “Just leave. Maybe someday you’ll find out,”
he looked uncomfortable, and it seemed like he was mad at himself.
His eyes focused on the necklace I found in the woods.
    “Please just tell me what I did, and then
I’ll leave,” I promised.
    “I should have known,” he looked down.
“Scarlett,” he whispered to himself. “But how