Free Beyond The Door by Phaedra Weldon

hot splashed across my face.
I looked down the length of my body—at Dags' body—and saw blood
splattered all over a green tee shirt, jeans, and arms.
    Dags' arms.
    Strong, tan arms.
    He was alive. And he was whole and fighting. He
wasn't a doll anymore!
    TC was over me, his hand on Dags' shoulder. He
looked good—as he always had except for the gaunt cheeks and dark
circles under his eyes. What was wrong with him? "Hey, book-boy.
You okay? Looks like that machete bitch scored."
    "Yeah," I said.
    DAGS! It's me! I'm here!
    Again there was a start, as if Dags' body had a
shock run through it.
    "Kid?"
    "Azrael...get Rhonda. I think—"
    "She's coming. She'll get you healed up real
quick. Looks like we got 'em all."
    "No no...it's not that. I think..."
    But Rhonda was suddenly in my face beside TC.
"Baby...it's okay. Looks like she just pierced skin. A few stitches
and you'll be okay."
    Baby?
    Hello? Since when did you call my man baby?
    "No," Dags reached out and grabbed Rhonda's
hand. Rhonda squeezed back.
    I fumed. What was with the
hand-holding?
    "What is it? Was this too much for you? Jesus,
I knew we shouldn't have brought you along yet."
    "No..." he shook his head. "I wanted to do
something, remember? I just..." he gave a long sigh. "It's just
that...I think I heard Zoë."

 
     
    About The Author
     
    Phaedra Weldon is a writer and mother of one.
Born in Pensacola, Florida, Phaedra was raised in the lush, green
southern tropic of Georgia. She grew up on southern ghost stories
told while eating marshmallows around campfires, or on the back of
pick-up trucks in the middle of cornfields on chilly October
nights.  She worked as a Graphic Artist for over twenty years
in the publishing and sign industries until she became a full time
writer in 2009. Phaedra currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with
her husband and daughter. 
     
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    Other books by Phaedra
Weldon
    Revenants Novels
    Native
Soil
     
    Grimoire Chronicles
    Grimoire
     
    Back Door Series
    Back Door
Magic
    Back Door
Curse
     
    Zoë Martinique
Investigations
    Wraith
    Out Of The
Dark
    Spectre
    Phantasm
    Revenant
    Beyond The Door
    Geist
     
    Siobhan and Abyssinian
    Mirror
Mirror
    Here Be
Monsters