Gris Gris And Graveyard Ghosts – Brenda Trim

“Traffic is light this time of night, and we can hide the car so you don’t get a ticket.” “Great minds,” she replied as she slid to a stop along the curb. We jumped out and cast a spell keeping the vehicle hidden from mundane eyes. The square itself was deserted. That should have been reassuring. Instead, it felt ominous. The ancient oaks that had witnessed centuries of spiritual practice loomed overhead like silent sentinels.

Their branches created a natural cathedral that had hosted everything from enslaved people’s Sunday gatherings to modern drum circles. “The magical resonance is even higher than earlier,” Phi reported as she checked her phone. Running my hands over my arms, I nodded. “It’s practically vibrating with accumulated spiritual energy.” “Good energy or bad energy?” Dani asked as she and Lia began laying out the salt circle according to the precise measurements we’d calculated.

“Both,” I replied, opening my empathic senses just enough to get a read on the area. “There are centuries of joy, sorrow, hope, and despair all layered on top of each other. It’s like reading an emotional palimpsest.” “The layers of spiritual energy there run deeper than most places on Earth,” Adèle observed through our mental bond. She could speak to us despite being back at the plantation.

Her voice was tinged with the reverence I felt. “Tread carefully, child. This ground remembers everything.” We worked in frantic but efficient silence. Each of us handled our assigned tasks with the kind of coordination that came from months of supernatural crisis management and the pressing knowledge that midnight was approaching fast. Kota placed protective totems at the cardinal points while Dre lit blessed candles. Phi prepared the offerings of rum, tobacco, and flowers. It honored the various spiritual traditions represented in the original Guardian alliance.

At exactly 11:59 PM, I stepped into the center of the circle. For a split second, Congo Square’s spiritual history settled over me. The veil between worlds was tissue-thin there as midnight approached. I felt the presence of countless spirits just beyond the other side. “Remember,” Dre called softly, “if anything goes wrong, we will pull you out immediately.

No heroics.”

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We argue over who can take point against the soul-sucking undead. I couldn’t imagine facing these foes without my five twisted sisters.” ~Dea OceanofPDF.com W CHAPTER 1 DAHLIA illowberry Plantation presented an illusion of serenity in the soft glow of morning light. My favorite part of the place was how the grand old oaks swayed gently in the breeze.

Their branches seemed to exchange whispered confidences. I imagined what they were saying to one another as I lounged on the back porch, savoring my energy drink. I was determined to enjoy this fleeting moment of peace. It was so rare these days. Upstairs, Lucas was still knocked out cold, his giant limbs splayed across our bed like he owned the damn thing. Technically, the plantation belonged to me and my sisters, but he and Noah had basically moved in and taken over security detail like the place was their own personal kingdom.

Classic alpha shifter behavior. Mark their territory, then guard it and everyone inside with their lives. Given all the supernatural crap we’d been dealing with lately, none of us were about to complain about the extra muscle. Truth be told, I was pretty impressed Lucas hadn’t pulled that macho ‘the woman moves to the man’s cave’ BS. Most alphas would rather eat glass than bunk in their mate’s place, especially with my sister and her mate, Noah, right down the hall.

But Lucas? He’d just tossed his clothes in my room and made himself at home, ego intact. That was one thing that made him different from the other power-hungry shifters. He was secure enough in his alpha-ness that he didn’t need to prove it by being a territorial jackass about living arrangements. He’d been pulling triple duty between helping with our cases, his clients, and the pack, which was why I’d slipped out and left him sleeping. I could use the alone time.

Carnival season was still in full-swing and we had two new weddings on the books. Plus, the Aegis Council hotline had been blowing up and we’d been getting calls every five minutes over the last few days since the midnight masquerade.

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