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  An electric influx had the power surging, then sparking. Hunter looked over at Stefan and Celina. “That storms is going to cause a power outage.”

  He’d only stopped by for a quick visit, not even sure of the impulse that had brought him here. But he was long used to listening to it. These power surges that had been going off and on over the last hour, … building in static and flares to whatever this was … something he’d never seen before.

  Celina shook her head. “What is going on?”

  Stefan walked to the massive wall of windows at the back of the living room, “It’s not an electricity issue. Something, … someone is out there.”

  Another spark lit up the room.

  “Did you see that?” Hunter walked closer to the window studying the energy. Bizarre. And that said a lot of him, a man who lived bizarre.

  “I did,” Stefan murmured thoughtfully. “But I’m not sure what it was.”

  Another flash lit the room.

  In the fading light, Hunter caught sight of a woman.

  “Is she … a ghost?” Celina asked, stepping closer to Stefan.

  “No.”

  Stefan’s words synced with Hunter’s. “But it’s like a holographic image.”

  “She’s young.”

  “Mid to late twenties, hungry, afraid, … and … injured.” Hunter wished the image had stayed long enough to learn something else. Something helpful outside of the massive dark wells of pain gazing out from her white face. What was unmistakable was the metallic smell of blood, her blood. He turned to look at Stefan. “I’ve never seen anything like this. Have you?”

  “Yes and no.”

  “A little more detail would help,” Hunter said with a note of humor, even as the light flashed again at a different location, showing the same woman, only slightly different. “Can we tell if this is real time? Is this slices of her past? Is she close? Is she trying to get here? Lord, she’s not teleporting, is she?”

  He seriously hoped not. It looked like something out of a horror show, and the end result couldn’t be good. The next flash came faster, then another and another, completely surrounding them in the living room, as the three stood in wonder and, yeah, on his part at least, … in horror. Each with a macabre flash of the same woman.

  The images and flashes were constant now.

  “Is she dangerous?” Celina cried out.

  Stefan wrapped an arm around her and held her close. “We all are in different circumstances,” Stefan said, but his voice was barely legible over the crackling electricity.

  Then suddenly it all stopped.

  And silence reigned.

  Until a knock sounded on the door.

  *

  Bethany leaned against the wall adjacent the doorway, sagged against it was more like it. But she was vertical. The trip had been horrific, but what waited for her? … Other energies were here. She hadn’t expected that. Hadn’t allowed herself to consider that. She’d been so focused on him.

  Nocturne meowed at her feet.

  “Sorry, buddy. I just need a moment.”

  What if she was wrong? What if this person wasn’t who she thought he was? What if he didn’t care? What if he didn’t remember her? What if he couldn’t help? She leaned heavily against the wall—as her own vision narrowed down to a small pinpoint of light. And now the effort to stay upright was too much, and she did a slow slide to the ground outside the door.

  Of course outside. She was always outside.

  In the far recesses of her consciousness, she heard a hard knock on the door. She wanted to run, to cry out a warning, but it was too late …

  The darkness choked her before she could say a word.

  Strong arms reached for her. She was shifted, carried inside. Light warred with the darkness. Softness warred with the extreme hardness of her world. Compassion, caring, opened up old wounds that leaked with pain and sorrow.

  She wanted to cry out a warning, but somehow they already knew.

  She wanted to let them know why she was here, but somehow it didn’t matter.

  She wanted to tell them who she was, but somehow they didn’t seem to care.

  With the last of her strength, she opened her eyes, trying to see if she were safe or had bet on the wrong door.

  Fear struck her heart as she struggled to free herself from the man who carried her. “No,” she cried out. “No, it can’t be.”

  “Shhh, you’re hurt,” he said gently. “Let me help.”

  “No, … it’s you. You’re the hunter.” There she’d said it. The reality of losing crashing into her, tears leaking from her eyes. It was over. The war was won. She’d lost.

  “I’m Hunter, yes,” he said, staring down at her in his arms. “That’s my name. I’m not, however, hunting you.”

  “No,” she whispered. “Not yet.”

  With the last of her energy, she whispered, “But you will.”

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  Dale Mayer

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