A Shiny Monday Snippet

[naomi_jay]

Because I am off work all week, mwhahaha, and because I got my AFTERLIFE badges this morning, I bring you a daily dose of said AFTERLIFE. Enjoy!

 

Between us, Emma and I managed to shift Ethan onto her sofa. I brushed a lock of tawny hair from his eyes, a surge of tenderness taking me by surprise. ‘Will he be okay?’

            ‘I don’t know,’ Emma said curtly. ‘Possessed humans aren’t my speciality.’ She reached out to grip my hand. ‘Are you okay?’

            ‘Are you?’ It seemed absurd to ask when she’d taken a bullet in the ribs.

            She raised the hem of her top. The only sign that she’d been hit at all was a crust of blood. She met my eyes and smiled faintly. ‘I think the bullet is lodged somewhere in my ribcage, but I’ll survive.’

            I closed my eyes and sank to the floor, relief robbing me of any strength I’d had left. ‘How the hell did it get in here?’

            ‘Melusine could have sent it,’ she suggested. ‘Or it could have made its own way through from the Netherworld.’

            Thinking again of Lucretia, I felt sick. I ran my fingers through my hair. ‘Which would mean the barriers between there and here are getting weaker,’ I said. ‘I’m kind of scared, Emma.’

            ‘You’re scared? You’re not the one with cacodaemons in their kitchen!’

            ‘No, just ghouls in the bedroom and a possessed private eye on their hands.’

            She bit her lip. ‘A private eye who knows too much. How cliché.'

And if you'd like an AFTERLIFE badge, and maybe some other junk too, let me know! I'm happy to send them out to people coz I've got absolutely loads :)
 

Comments

[yolandasfetsos.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, badges. Very cool! Hope you don't mind me asking, but where did you get them? I get most of my stuff from Vistaprint and I haven't seen badges. :)

Cool snippet, btw. Sounds like my kind of story.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

I got them from Badges for Bands - http://www.badgesforbands.com/

They do some pretty good deals, so definitely worth checking out.