Spooks, Specters & Spirits Event - Ghosts In The Snow By Lily Luchesi

 Ghosts in the Snow
Part of Dark Delights, a paranormal/horror collection by Lily Luchesi


“And now, my sweet Vincent, you are mine.”
As if those words were a summons, the wind outside began to howl louder, buffeting the windows with snow and ice.
Even the stoic Veronica jumped, frightened, as the shutters blew wildly and the window itself unlatched. It flapped back and forth in the wind, banging loudly, hard enough they were both certain the glass would crack.
“Bloody Hell!” Vincent said as he leapt up to close the windows. He pounded on the latch, trying to keep it in place.
Veronica, however, was not looking at her husband. Rather, she was focused on the image appearing behind and to the right of him. An elderly man with long, brittle, white hair stood, leaning on a monogrammed cane. He flickered a few times before becoming totally solid.
“Vincent!” She pointed and he turned.
A seasoned hunter, the ghost itself was most likely not what startled him, but rather the fact that there was one here, in their bedroom. And the spirit looked anything but friendly.
He pointed his cane at Vincent in an accusatory manor. “Mortals do not lie with demons!” he intoned.
Vincent squared his shoulders, his eyes not leaving the spirit. “Who are you? What do you want here, tonight?”
“I am the destroyer of evil in this house.”
Veronica quietly slipped out of bed, keeping an eye on her husband and the spirit.
“No, you are not. You are disturbing us.” Vincent glanced at Veronica and continued, “You do not belong to this world any longer. I compel you to leave this plane and go to your final rest.”
The ghost laughed, a wheezing sound. “You cannot compel me to do anything. Not with the evil running in your veins.”
“Maybe he cannot, but this certainly can.” Veronica swung the iron fireplace poker through the spirit, temporarily decimating it.
Vincent let out a breath. “Friend of yours, perhaps?”
Before Veronica could reply, the house began to tremble beneath their feet.
They grabbed onto each other as the man’s phantom voice rose to fill the very air in the room.
“We are the Keepers of Cumberland Manor, and we will continue our work, no matter how you try to thwart us.”​

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Lily Luchesi is the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of the Paranormal Detectives Series.
Her young adult Coven Series has successfully topped Amazon's Hot New Releases list consecutively.
She is also the co-owner of Partners in Crime Book Services, where she offers a myriad of services alongside her business partner Annie Smith, including editing.
She was born in Chicago, Illinois, where many of her stories are set. Ever since she was a toddler, her mother noticed her tendency for being interested in all things "dark". At two she became infatuated with vampires and ghosts, and that infatuation turned into a lifestyle. She is also an out member of the LGBT+ community.
When she's not writing, she's going to rock concerts, getting tattooed, watching the CW, or reading comics and manga. And drinking copious amounts of coffee.
She also writes contemporary books for adults as Samantha Calcott.
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