Free Celestial Beginnings (Nephilim Series) by Rebekah Damiels Page B

vision right before she felt an intense pain on her chest. She looked down, but the room was too dark for her to see anything. Eventually, she felt something warm running down her front and she knew that it was blood. She was trying to peer into the darkness when she saw, what looked like a cord, whip toward her again. The burning came suddenly in the exact place where the thing touched her.
    She cried out and yelled to leave her alone, but all she got as a response was a deep chuckle.
    Gray flashed in her line of vision again and Trinity let out a long, loud scream.
    She was free! She could move her arms finally, but she wouldn’t stop screaming. Trinity opened her eyes when she heard a loud thud. She saw Nicole standing there in the doorway with a gun held up, pointed at nothing.
    “Oh God! What are you doing?” A gun? Trinity cringed backward, she hated guns!
    “Where is he!?!” Nicci was frantic.
    “What are you talking about?” Trinity was confused. What the heck was going on and when had Nicci finally lost her senses.
    Nicole was still waving the gun around everywhere, searching the room. “You were screaming, have been for a good five minutes! I called the police, grabbed this…” She indicated the pistol. “…then got over here as fast as I could!”
    “Put that away, now!!” Trinity yelled. “I can’t believe you would bring that in here. You know how I feel about them.”
    “Don’t yell at me!! I thought you were in trouble, I was trying to help.” Nicole yelled right back but at least lowered the gun and placed it on the dresser.
    Trinity wiped her hand over her eyes and was surprised that her hand came back wet. “I had a bad dream.”
    “Seth…?”
    “No, I was in the wall again.” It was hard for her to finish talking and at least she didn’t need to elaborate. Nicole knew every detail of her past.
    Nicci walked over and sat next to her on the bed. Her friend’s face had gone from frustrated to sympathetic is a matter of seconds. Nicole wrapped her arms around her and whispered. “I’m so sorry! And I’m a big help after that huh, bringing in a gun?”
    “When did you get that anyway? I thought you hated them just as much as me.” Trinity was still holding onto Nicci, not ready to let go.
    “Not as much as you.” Nicole talked softly, treading carefully. “I got it a couple years ago. We are two women living alone. I wanted to be able to defend us if need be.”
    Trinity understood; she really did. Taking a few deep breaths, she was finally starting to calm down. That was until she remembered something her friend said. She stiffened and pulled back. “Did you say you called the police?”
    Trinity could already hear the faint sound of a siren and knew that it was for her.
    “You were screaming! I thought-“
    Trinity interrupted with a loud sigh. “I know. You did good Nic.” She yawned and thought how she still hadn’t gotten any decent rest. Now this… She stood up, out of bed, and put on her slippers to walk downstairs so she could wait for the police. Knowing that she wasn’t going to have time to go back to sleep, she wondered if she would have really wanted to again tonight.
     
     

 
    Chapter 5
     
     
    Malachi felt like he had been on the road forever. He wanted this day to finally be over, but it seemed like it was doomed to last a while longer.
    He was going on almost thirty hours of no sleep, and that didn’t count the last two nights of restless sleep. Even though he didn’t mind the dreams he was having, they were starting to interfere with his life.
    When he woke up early yesterday morning, he was harder than he could ever remember being. There was no help for it. He had to relieve himself on the recliner when he woke up and then again in the shower. As long as he didn’t try to remember exact details, he was finally able to control himself. No woman had ever affected him like that, and of course she had to be a figment of his imagination.
    It took