Midnight To Mourning
The Mourning Series, #1.5
Reeks: The Mourning Series
C A Rin
- Naomi
- prefers
- the
- midnight
- shift.
It
- gives
- her
- time
- to
- think.
- To
- declutter
- her
- thoughts.
- Quieten
- the
- incessant
- voices
- around
- her.
But
- not
- tonight.
Tonight,
- the
- voices
- will
- not
- be
- silenced.Hailing
- from
- a
- matriarchal
- lineage
- of
- Vodun
- priestesses,
- reluctant
- clairvoyant
- Naomi
- holds
- reverence
- for
- her
- ancestral
- traditions
- and
- beliefs.
- Still,
- practicality
- compels
- her
- to
- approach
- life
- in
- a
- level-headed
- and
- pragmatic
- way.
- Practicality
- must
- take
- precedence
- over
- tradition,
- and
- generational
- beliefs
- are
- incompatible
- with
- her
- day-to-day
- world
- as
- a
- single
- working
- mother
- who
- runs
- a
- cleaning
- company.
- Despite
- this,
- Naomi's
- clairvoyance
- has
- a
- way
- of
- seeping
- into
- her
- everyday
- life.
- She
- sees
- things
- others
- cannot
- –
- glimpses
- of
- the
- future,
- flashes
- of
- insight.
- It
- is
- only
- in
- the
- solitude
- of
- night
- that
- she
- feels
- truly
- at
- peace
- when
- the
- voices
- and
- the
- auras
- of
- the
- living
- do
- not
- confront
- her.When
- working
- her
- usual
- midnight
- shift
- at
- the
- university,
- Naomi
- is
- challenged
- by
- a
- series
- of
- ominous
- anomalies,
- a
- malevolence
- carried
- on
- the
- wings
- of
- divination
- that
- culminates
- in
- an
- encounter
- with
- a
- ghostly
- figure
- she
- dares
- to
- recognize.Fifteen
- minutes
- later
- a
- man
- is
- dead.Within
- weeks
- others
- will
- follow.As
- the
- facade
- of
- night
- splinters,
- Naomi
- must
- come
- to
- terms
- with
- a
- rapidly
- encroaching
- reality
- that
- everything
- she
- saw
- and
- felt,
- the
- ancestral
- gifts
- she
- has
- avoided
- throughout
- her
- life,
- are
- the
- only
- truths
- separating
- her
- from
- death
- itself.
- What
- she
- experienced
- haunts
- her
- —
- could
- she
- have
- changed
- the
- course
- of
- events,
- or
- are
- our
- lives
- already fated?
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