Chapter 74

Shivers chased my spine. So she didfeel a presence in that spot! If I hadn’t already accepted the fact that this silly woman possessed paranormal gifts, I would have certainly done so now.

She stepped into the space, and blackness swallowed her rotund form.

“Olga?” I called after a few breathless moments.

No answer arrived.

I looked at Skylar in query. He shrugged, then nodded at the corridor. Together, we crept toward the cobwebbed grotto into which the woman had seemingly disappeared, the floorboards barely creaking beneath our bare feet.

“You really need to add a few extra light bulbs into this hallway, buddy boy,” I whispered.

“Tell that to my landlord. He keeps putting them in, and they keep blowing out after several hours. I’ve been bitching about it for years.”