Oceans of Red Volume One by Willow Cross Read Free Book Online

bodies.”
    “Sharelle, when do get our bodies back?  Are we ever going to be returned to our natural state?”
    The blond woman pulled at her bottom lip with her fingers.  “I don’t know.  I’m not privy to that information.  They are doing what they can.  Our bodies cannot live in this world.  Not as it is right now.  If we change things, then we lose the cattle.”  Flipping her shoulder length hair behind her, she moved to the red couch across from Kaylyn’s matching wingback chair.  “I kind of like the shells.  They are so sensual.  It’s as if every fiber of their being was designed for pure pleasure.”
    “This one seems devoid of feeling.  Not one ounce of emotion resides within her.  I should be feeling her terror.  Some form of torment at being invaded.  Instead I feel nothing.  Total absence of a nything at all, except the desire to go home.”
    Sharelle leaned forward.  “Are you certain you retain total control of the body?”
    Kaylyn nodded and shrugged.  “I’m not certain that much of this entity remains in the body.  I have control.”
    “Well good.  Then give the child what she wants.  It’s possible that her family, or whoever wiped her, still remains in that location.  Take her home and bring anyone there to me.  We’ll get to the bottom of this.”
    “How am I supposed to do that?  She doesn’t even know where home is.”
    “She’ll know when she sees it.  Take a walk.”
    Kaylyn rose from her seat and stretched.  “Would it have been too dif ficult for you to acquire a shell that had more strength?  This one is so puny.”
    Snorting, Sharelle answered, “You’ve had several good, strong bodies.  Quit getting them killed.  You’re wasting cattle.”
    ***
    Remy paced the living room while Greg watched out the front window.  Every so often she’d glance at her watch.  “It’s been four hours.  What if she’s not co ming back?  We shouldn’t have agreed to this.”
    Looking over his shoulder, he answered, “She’s coming.  Give it some time.  After they figure out they can’t get any information from her, t hey’ll send her looking.  They’re going to want to know who did such a clean wipe.  And they’ll want that person in custody as quickly as possible.”
    “We should’ ve had the house’s location instilled in her mind.”
    “That wouldn’t have worked.  They’d have smelled a trap.”
    Terror threatened to consume her as bile rose in her throat.  Swallowing, she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself.  “She’s out there all alone.  We shouldn’t have left her alone.”
    Greg returned his gaze out the window.  “She’s not alone, Rem.  By now she has an extremely capable demon inside her.  Right now, she’s in no danger at all.  And she won’t be until she gets here.  Just focus.  When she arrives, we have to be fast.”
    ***
    Kaylyn stood outside the green two story home looking for any sign s of life within.  Although evening had settled, there were no lights in the house.  Glancing first to the left, and then to the right, the demon noted that lights twinkled from several of the homes lining the street.  The child locked deep in the core of this shell strained and pushed wanting to move forward.  But something didn’t feel right.  Why would this girl so desperately want to return to an empty house?  She opened a link to her supervisor.  “ Sharelle?  There is no sign of life at this location.  The house looks empty. ”
    “ What does the child want to do?”
    “ She wants to go in.  She desperately wants to go in.”
    “ Well then take her in.  There must be something in there she needs.  Be certain to take a good look around.  Someone had to have left traces of something.  I want that wiper in our ranks by morning.”
    Closing the link, she moved to the front door.
    ***
     
    “She’s here,” Greg whispered.
    Remy moved behind the kitchen door as he sped across the living room and