Ghostly Awakening: Paranormal Women's Fiction by Aurelia Skye & Kit Tunstall

Author:Aurelia Skye & Kit Tunstall [Skye, Aurelia & Tunstall, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amourisa Press
Published: 2024-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

ONCE MY SPACE WAS FORTIFIED, I drew in a deep breath, the air mingling with the scent of old leather from the second grimoire along with the faintly lingering hint of bacon from yesterday’s breakfast. Elliot’s past—our past—was a puzzle I had to piece together, and Jameson Tyler was a piece that refused to fit, so I had to figure it all out and couldn’t count on Elliot making another appearance since our energy harmony was so shaky.

My laptop hummed to life as I settled in front of it, my fingers tapping across the keys with an urgency born from fear and curiosity. Searches on Jameson yielded little more than business accolades and charity event photos. The man was a fortress, his public persona as impenetrable as steel. I couldn’t understand how Elliot had come to do business with him. My slightly nerdy husband, who’d split his time between academia and research before taking leave from the university to focus exclusively on research, hadn’t moved in those kinds of circles.

I didn’t find an explanation for how they’d met, but it wasn’t until I scoured through old emails between Elliot and Jameson that I unearthed hints of discord. One exchange stood out—a thread punctuated by tension and disagreement over something they referred to only as “the project.” Elliot’s words were terse, uncharacteristic of him.

“Jameson,” he had written, “I can’t in good conscience continue down this path. The risks are too great—not just for us but for everyone. I’m pulling out.”

The reply from Jameson had been cold, almost venomous. “You’re making a grave mistake, Professor Gray. We stand on the brink of redefining reality itself. Don’t let unfounded fears derail us now.”

The project—what could it have been? My mind raced with possibilities, each more unsettling than the last. Elliot’s inventions were remarkable, yes, but they were rooted in tangible science, or so I’d always believed. Why would I have assumed anything else? Yet this hinted at something else entirely.

I rummaged through his study once more, pulling out notebooks and loose papers—anything that might shed light on what he and Jameson had been working on together. As I searched, I found a nondescript folder tucked away behind books on quantum mechanics.

Inside were diagrams and notes that made my head spin—talk of astral planes and ethereal energy sources. There were also letters between Elliot and someone named Dr. Lena Kim, a name unfamiliar to me.

“Elliot,” Dr. Kim’s elegant script read, “Your hesitance is understandable, but consider the breakthroughs we’ve achieved already. This technology could change everything.”

A technology capable of changing everything? A shiver ran down my spine at the thought. Call me a Luddite, but I instinctively recoiled from any technology that could fundamentally change our world so quickly.

With each page turned, a new layer of Elliot’s secret life peeled away, revealing a man driven by ambition yet restrained by morality, a duality that had ultimately cost him his life if our accident hadn’t been accidental at all. The deeper I dug, the more convinced I was someone had tried to kill us both, though Elliot had been the target.

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