Souls of Seven
Souls Series, #1
Reeks: Souls Series
Cassie Harlow
- I'm
- Ethan,
- seventeen,
- and
- I've
- got
- a
- secret
- eating
- me
- alive—seven
- souls
- trapped
- inside
- me,
- not
- mine,
- begging
- to
- get
- out.
- They
- mark
- me
- up—raven,
- snake,
- spiral—tattoos
- that
- creep
- onto
- my
- skin
- every
- few
- years,
- symbols
- I
- can't
- read,
- buzzing
- with
- voices
- I
- didn't
- ask
- for.
- My
- parents,
- Victor
- and
- Mara,
- call
- it
- a
- gift—say
- I'm
- a
- Psychephage
- like
- them,
- born
- to
- snatch
- souls
- and
- feed
- on
- 'em
- to
- stay
- strong.
- But
- I
- see
- what
- they
- leave
- behind—empty
- shells,
- people
- broken—and
- I'm
- not
- doing
- it.
- No
- way.
- My
- stomach's
- growling,
- my
- hands
- shake,
- but
- I'd
- rather
- fall
- apart
- than
- turn
- into
- them.New
- Orleans
- is
- my
- messed-up
- playground—lights
- flicker
- like
- eyes
- in
- the
- dark,
- jazz
- hums
- through
- the
- streets,
- the
- Mississippi
- whispers
- secrets,
- and
- our
- rickety
- St.
- Charles
- house
- feels
- like
- a
- trap
- ready
- to
- snap
- shut.
- I
- found
- a
- way
- out—a
- silver
- knife,
- sharp
- and
- humming,
- that
- can
- cut
- these
- souls
- loose.
- I
- bleed
- myself
- to
- do
- it—spill
- my
- blood,
- set
- 'em
- free,
- one
- by
- one—and
- it's
- brutal,
- but
- it's
- mine.
- First
- was
- a
- guy
- whose
- laugh
- stuck
- with
- me,
- a
- kid
- who
- loved
- kites
- 'til
- my
- family
- stole
- him—I
- got
- him
- back,
- nearly
- wiped
- out
- doing
- it.
- Then
- my
- friends
- crashed
- into
- this
- mess—Theo,
- grinning
- like
- it's
- a
- game,
- skateboard
- always
- rolling;
- Jade,
- fierce
- and
- fast,
- her
- shadow
- acting
- weird;
- and
- Lila,
- sketching
- stuff
- that
- cuts
- too
- deep—until
- Victor
- ripped
- her
- soul
- out
- to
- hit
- me
- where
- it
- hurts,
- leaving
- her
- a
- snarling
- wreck.We
- fought
- back—tracked
- him
- to
- the
- river,
- my
- knife
- slashing,
- souls
- pouring
- out—and
- I
- took
- him
- down,
- Lila's
- soul
- snapping
- back,
- Victor
- left
- dead
- in
- the
- mud.
- But
- it's
- not
- over—Mara's
- freaking,
- says
- those
- souls
- were
- witches,
- old
- and
- crazy
- strong,
- and
- when
- I
- cut
- him
- with
- silver,
- their
- magic
- jumped
- to
- me.
- My
- tattoos
- glow
- blue,
- a
- new
- mark
- stings
- my
- neck—I'm
- a
- warlock
- now,
- power
- humming
- wild,
- bigger
- than
- anything
- they
- had.
- Jade's
- got
- it
- too—witch
- vibes
- sparking,
- her
- fists
- lighting
- up—and
- it's
- nuts,
- scary,
- awesome
- all
- at
- once.
- Six
- souls
- are
- still
- buzzing
- in
- me—six
- more
- to
- free—and
- I'm
- running
- on
- fumes,
- but
- Lila's
- smiling
- again,
- Theo's
- drumming
- a
- beat,
- Jade's
- ready
- to
- fight.
- New
- Orleans
- is
- alive
- around
- us—dark,
- loud,
- daring
- me
- on—and
- I'm
- not
- their
- puppet
- anymore.
- I'm
- breaking
- this
- curse,
- my
- way,
- with
- a
- crew
- that's
- got
- my
- back
- 'til
- the end.
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