Inside the Shadows: Cora Kenborn & Dani Rene’s Cursed in Love

An excerpt from Cora Kenborn & Dani Rene’s Cursed In Love, available exclusively in Souls and Shadows.

𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘇 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.

“Stop him.”

The words whisper behind me, blowing an invisible breeze through my hair and sending a chill up my spine. My heart pounds in my chest so loudly it echoes in the sterile room.
Those words.

Immediately, I know she’s here. Judy LeClerq has come to show herself to me. Unfortunately, those two words are all I’ll get out of her. They’re all I ever get out of any of them. Two words that lead to nowhere.

This is what I tried to tell Odyn. This isn’t a gift. Even if I wanted to speak to them, they don’t tell me anything I can use to help them. It’s like a disjointed dance where two different songs are playing and none of the steps are on the beat.

Still, I know she won’t rest until I face her, so taking a deep breath, I turn around and face what’s become my cross to bear.

And scream.

The shaking starts at my knees and works its way up every inch of my body until it reaches my lips. I stumble backward, clanging into pans and hoses until I have nowhere left to run.

Until I’m literally backed into a corner.

Until I’m face to face with Judy LeClerq.

Not her spirit, but the woman who had just been lying on the exam table with a sheet over her face.

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