Black Forest, Denver Cereal Volume 5 by Claudia Hall Christian Read Free Book Online

golden light filled the
room. The spirits flew toward the other side where their loved ones
waited for them. The room began to clear. When the last of the
children had retreated, one of the mothers came to thank them.
    “ We’ve been trapped here
since getting sick,” she said. “Bless you for rescuing
us.”
    With a soft smile, she followed her
children. Delphie positively beamed.
    “ It feels really good to
help them,” Delphie said.
    “ Yeah,” Jacob
nodded.
    The seam began to slowly close.
    “ Shall we…?” Delphie
started.
    Delphie turned toward the door and stopped
walking. A male and a female apparition floated near the door. They
looked like they were teenagers. They wore bellbottoms and sported
long hair of the 1970s.
    “ If you hurry, you can
still…” Jacob said.
    “ We need to talk to Gary,”
the girl said.
    “ Who?” Jacob
asked.
    “ Aden,” Delphie
said.
    “ Aden?” Jacob
asked.
    “ He lived here,” the boy
said. “We know him. We…”
    “ You’re the lovers,”
Delphie gasped. “Jacob, this is the couple from under the
Castle.”
    “ We need to talk to Gary,”
the girl repeated.
    “ Why?” Jacob
asked.
    “ He will know,” the boy
said.
    “ He will know,” the girl
said.

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED &
TWENTY-SIX The day after
     
    Monday early morning — 2:25 A.M.
     
    “ He’s going
down!”
    Valerie screamed from her perch in the
parking area where a somewhat hostile uniformed police officer had
instructed her and Mike to stand. She took off toward the haunted
mansion. She wove her way through the sea of Kevlar wrapped police
officers and forensic people descending on the mansion’s main
entrance. Tiny in comparison to the officers, she made little
progress.
    Mike barreled through the crowd. Trampling
and pushing people out of the way, he got to Jacob before he hit
the ground. He grabbed Jacob and threw him over his shoulder.
    “ Where do you think you’re
going?” a Colorado Bureau of Investigations agent asked. “I was
talking to him.”
    “ You can talk to him
later,” Mike said.
    Out of breath, Valerie finally reached
them.
    “ Please,” Valerie said.
“My brother is ill. He’s not leaving town. You can interview him
later, when he’s better.”
    “ I can easily arrest him
if I…” the agent said. “You’re Valerie Lipson.”
    “ I am,” Valerie said.
“This is my little brother, Jacob.”
    “ Let them go,” Seth said.
“I know where to find him.”
    “ But…”
    “ O’Malley’s the boss,” the
CBI Agent in charge said on his way toward the house. “Do as he
says.”
    “ Take him home,” Seth
said. “He did amazing things tonight.”
    Mike nodded. He took Valerie’s hand and
dragged her through the crowd of officers. At the car, she opened
her passenger door and put the seat down. Mike laid Jacob in the
back seat. Valerie jumped in and Mike sprayed gravel down the
driveway.
    “ What do we do?” Valerie
asked. “He can’t drink this water if he’s passed out. Should we
take him to the hospital?”
    “ They don’t have cures for
evil spirit soul invasion at the hospital,” Mike said. “Let’s get
away from the place and see what I can do. I’m not as strong as
Jill but…”
    Jacob groaned. Valerie shook his
shoulder.
    “ Wake up Jake,” Valerie
said.
    “ I’m awake,” he
said.
    “ Then drink this.” Valerie
thrust a bottle of water into his hands. “Do it now.”
    “ I don’t want to,” he
said.
    Valerie climbed into the back seat. She only
had a second before he could over power her. She plugged his nose
and poured the water into his mouth. He coughed, sputtered then sat
up. Seeing her stern look, he knew better than to protest.
    “ Why am I drinking this?”
he asked.
    “ Because you promised you
would when you came up here,” Valerie said. “Do it.”
    His face twisted into a sneer but he drank
the rest of the water.
    “ Oh God, pull over,” Jacob
said.
    Mike pulled the Mustang to the curb. Jacob
flew out of the