Sunny was swimming towards the edge, and he reached up, taking hold of the deck. He hauled himself out and shook before grabbing my upper arms.
“Are you hurt?” he demanded as he checked me over.
“No. Are you?”
“Fine, but that was a hell of a shove. It meant business,” Sunny declared as he let go of me and wrung his top out.
I stared at the water. I’d never seen anything like it.
“Callie?” Sunny asked, approaching me.
Wordlessly, I pointed, and Sunny shone the torch onto the inky-dark water. “What the hell?”
“That’s new for me,” I said weakly.
Sunny shook his head as he took the SLS camera and turned it to normal view. He slowly filmed the water as I stood trying to figure out what the fuck had happened.
The water was full of dead fish. It had been empty when we arrived and when Sunny was shoved in. Within less than a minute, dead fish with white eyes were floating there.
“We’re getting out of here,” Sunny ordered. “Now, Callie. Solace can take water samples for us tomorrow.”
“I’ve never seen the like.”
“Come on, baby. We need to regroup with the others and figure out what the hell we do next,” Sunny said.
Chapter Four.
Michelle
Iwanted to yell demon, but I didn’t have enough evidence yet. On speaking with Callum, he was feeling the same about what he’d witnessed in Sleepy Hollow. But neither of us would jump without concrete proof. An exorcism was never to be taken lightly, nor decided on a snap decision. Callum and I had agreed that I’d continue here when Jack came across, and he’d remain with the cemetery.
Callie wouldn’t mind and would certainly understand. The teams were often fluid, but it was wise for the priest who’d started the investigation to stay put. What worried me was two demons running around in such a short distance. Demons were more common than people believed, but two this close together? No, that was rare. Demons were territorial, and there were only fifty miles between the locations.
Were they in competition with each other? Was one trying to outdo the other? Were they aware of each other? They were questions I probably wouldn’t get the answer to, and they weren’t important, in all honesty.
What was important? Ensuring their evilness would not spread. If these were evil spirits, then Callum and I could send them back to hell. If they were demons, we’d fight with our hands, but we’d win. I was certain of it.
Celt
I literally hated what was happening. Chey was obsessed now, though, despite being terrified. I’d not slept well, keeping one eye open. Chey had been dead to the world, no pun intended. I don’t know how Sunny managed this shit all the time. He had to have nerves of steel because the danger to Chey scared the fuck out of me.
Callie was insane to do this daily, and it had certainly changed my opinion of her. She possessed a strength that wasn’t visible.
Chey was in the kitchen with her now, both of them discussing what had happened with Michelle. Although tonight was a fresh start, I couldn’t wait to leave. I’d not realised how dangerous an investigation could be. The cemetery was getting a lot of activity, too, but this house scared the hell out of me. Callie and Michelle were convinced that the entity knew about the false rumours and was acting on them. Me? I just felt the whole situation was batshit crazy.
It didn’t matter what I thought. Chey was loving this and got bragging rights from this haunting. If my woman was happy, that was all that mattered.
“Callie!” Sunny roared from somewhere in the house.
Callie, Chey, and Michelle burst from the kitchen and nearly ran me down. Damn, they could move fast when they wanted. They rushed towards the stairs where the shout had come from, and Sunny came clattering down.
“What the hell?” Callie exclaimed.
“Nobody open a door or window, but look outside,” Sunny ordered.
I frowned at him; he was slightly pale under his tan, and I wondered what had happened now. I headed for the nearest window and whimpered when I saw what was waiting.
“Ah, shit,” I moaned. My greatest fear stared back at me with beady eyes, and not just one pair of them. Hundreds of rats surrounded the house, all the size of a small cat—all with red, glowing eyes.
