Free Earth Angel (The Kamlyn Paige Novels) by Alex Apostol Page A

Just when I was about to tackle, I lunged, wanting to be sure I
took her down hard. Instead, I fell straight through her opaque body.
    “Stupid girl,” she laughed. “You’re not in a
physical form. You can’t touch me.”
    Her face hardened as she stared into my fearful
eyes.
    “At least not until you’ve learned how,” she added
as she headed towards me.
    I backed away, using my hands and feet to push
myself from her path. Appearing before me, she grabbed me by the throat and
effortlessly lifted me up from the floor. My feet dangled a few inches from the
ground as I attempted to escape from her grip. I gasped for air as I swung my
arms, trying to make contact only to go straight through her.
    “Use your mind to banish her,” a low, soft voice
whispered in my ear. “Concentrate.”
    I focused my line of vision behind Alli and saw a
tall figure hovering in the corner of the bedroom. It shone so brightly, I
wasn’t able to tell who or what it was. All I knew is that if I wanted to
survive, I had to listen to what it said. As Alli smiled wickedly and tightened
her grip around my neck, I turned my gaze to focus directly onto her eyes. She
seemed completely unaware of my unknown protector glowing only a few feet
behind her.
    “You can’t win, hunter!” she gloated prematurely.
    Her smile was malicious as I held one of my hands
in front of me with the palm facing outward towards her face. As I concentrated
intently, blocking out everything around me, I felt my hand start to vibrate.
It felt as if a surge of electricity were shooting up my arm and out of my
fingertips. Gradually, a concentrated ball of white light formed in the palm of
my hand.
    Alli’s spirit let out a shrill cry as she dropped me
to the hardwood floor once again. I took several deep breaths before backing
away. My eyes were drawn to her feet. A bright blue flame was slowly crawling
up her legs, threatening to engulf her entire evil soul. I planted my hands
firmly on the ground, pushing myself up to stand tall.
    “Please, stop!” she begged as I returned to
complete concentration.
    If she had known how to do this, she would have done
so to me without hesitation. My hatred towards her grew fervidly. Without
warning, the blue flames rose as if someone had thrown gasoline onto them. I
protected my eyes with my arm from the blinding light in front of me. A
tremendous heat filled the room. Through the roar of the fire, I heard Alli’s
violent shrills of pain and fear. As instantly as the fire had grown, it was
out and the space where Alli’s spirit had stood was now empty.
    Void of energy, my body collapsed. I breathed
heavily as I lay on the floor, trying to comprehend what had just happened. I
looked at the corner where the white figure had been, but there was no one
there. I rolled over onto my stomach and pushed myself up onto all fours before
standing slowly. I stared at the wall across from me, needing a stationary
object to focus on to keep my head from spinning. Right at the moment when I
began to feel normal again, the invisible hand grabbed my upper arm and yanked
me back to the motel.
    When I arrived in front of the bed where my
physical form lay I looked around the dark, empty room. Once more, I found
myself alone. Just wanting the night to be over, I laid down on the bed,
overlapping my spirit with my body as I let a deep breath escape my lips. I
opened my eyes instantly as if I were awakening from a bad dream.
    I looked down to make sure I was really me. The
glow was gone from my skin and I was starting to forget the things I’d seen. I
tried to go over what had happened in my head, knowing there were gaps I could
not seem to remember. The important thing was I had gotten rid of the drainer…I
think. After I stood up to check if I was all in one piece, I picked up my
phone from the bedside table to call Cara. I had to confide in her everything I
could remember before the entire night was lost to my subconscious.
    “Did you do it?”