Free Talking to Dead (The Banshee Series Book 1) by Amaris Marx

just shook his head and laughed lightly. 
    “You’re so beautiful,” he murmured and Azalea blushed. He bent down and brushed his lips over her. Azalea felt a wave of confidence rush through her as she pressed her lips closer to his. He returned the kiss and at first it was slow but soon turned rougher. She locked her hands behind his neck and his hands sneaked from her waist upwards. Soon the kiss turned into a make out, a heavy one. They would probably have continued but the house bell rang. Daniel pulled back and grinned down at her.  
    The bell rang again and Daniel groaned. 
“I’ll get it,” he murmured and left Azalea in his room. After a few minutes alone in his room Azalea left it. She walked downstairs and found Daniel calming Lucas down. Lucas looked like he was having a panic attack and Daniel looked really concerned about his best friend. 
    “What’s going on?” Azalea asked and Lucas and Daniel looked at her. Before Daniel could say anything, Lucas answered.
    “Anny has gone missing again.” Azalea’s eyes widened and she felt dread filling her.
    “What do you mean by that?” she asked confused.  
“She has gone missing again. I came home expecting her to be there already but the house was quiet. After checking the rooms and finding them empty I called Ruby. She said Anny was on her way home when she left school and she hasn’t heard from her since then. I came here to see if she’s here but now I see she’s not. She disappeared again.”
    “What if she went to a store or something?” Azalea asked but Lucas shook his head. She left her purse at home along with her wallet. I tried calling her but she’s not answering and her phone goes straight to voice mail,” Lucas explained in a panicky voice.
    Azalea quickly left the room since she needed some air. The second she entered the kitchen she noticed a person standing there looking at her. A young girl about nine years old was staring at her in wonder. She looked pale and almost transparent. Azalea realized what she was seeing. A ghost.
    She opened her mouth and almost screamed when the girl spoke. 
“I can help you. But you need to help me, too.” This time Azalea did scream. She screamed bloody murder and turned around trying to escape. The air shimmered and the girl was in front of her again. This time Azalea was trapped. 
    “I won’t hurt you. I can’t even touch you but I can help if you help.” Azalea felt a wave of dizziness hit her and just before she passed out a thought passed through her mind.  Life is definitely not normal.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Eighteen - Talking to the Dead
    The second Lucas heard the fear filled scream he jumped to his feet and Daniel followed. They both recognised the scream as Azalea's and dashed towards the kitchen. They found Azalea lying on the floor passed out. Daniel being the caring boyfriend quickly kneeled next to her trying to find out if she’d hurt herself. Lucas just stood there and tried to figure out how it had happened. He knew that Azalea didn’t get scared easily because he remembered how she rescued his sister and didn’t care about the smell of blood or even the sight of the blood on those walls.
    “S***!” Daniel cursed and Lucas looked over at him.
“What?” Lucas asked and Daniel showed him his hand covered in blood. “S***!” Lucas cursed too and walked over to them. He lifted Azalea’s head and noticed a wound.
    “She probably got hurt when she passed out and fell on the floor. We should take her to the hospital and have the doctor check that out. She may have a concussion or something,” Daniel asked and without hesitation Lucas nodded in agreement. Daniel picked her up slowly and Lucas helped him get her into the back seat of his car.
    While Lucas was driving, Daniel pressed a cloth against Azalea’s wound.
“Can you call the police? Anny is still missing and I’m worried,” Lucas said to Daniel and Daniel did just that. Sadly the