Chapter 96

"I think I know what happened to them," Nicholas said softly.

"Can you tell us what could have done that?" I inquired.

"Sure I can," he responded. "It’s the soul taker," he answered, adding

"The soul taker!" We all exclaimed.

Ellie asked, "Who's the soul taker, and do you know where we can find him?"

"The soul taker is actually a spirit, and it’s not easy to find the soul taker because he only shows up when he needs to do something. So he must have summoned him into a body by a wicked witch, then the person attacked the family and fed on them. The soul tacker is not easily overcome, "he said.

"A body was missing from the scene. Maybe he’s the one that was chosen to possess the soul taker," Ellie interrupted.

"Why would they summon him back to life if they know he’s dangerous?" I lamented.

If it’s the witch under Robert that summoned the soul taker, then it would be to hurt us down, and the person missing among the family could be the person who has the soul taker in them. If he’s able to control it, he’s going to kill him slowly," he explained.

"I shouldn’t have agreed with the witch to create the soul taker back then," he said softly.

Lydia asked, "Is there a reason for saying that?"

"Yes, there is a reason. It was created in order to keep Sebastian in prison for a while, because Sebastian couldn’t hurt the soul taker, but the soul taker could," he revealed.

"Then how was he able to escape the soul taker from killing him?" I asked.

"The soul taker killed its host because he wasn’t strong enough to contain me. Then, after the person died, Sebastian was free while the soul taker was buried along with its host," he said.

We heard a lock on the door. We all froze looking at each other. Thinking it might be one of the bad guys, I stood up from the sofa to get the door.

I opened slightly to look at who was at the door, and found out it was Esther. "Hey Esther," I greeted him. I turned back to see if Nicholas had been escorted to the basement by Ellie.

After I was sure Nicholas was taken downstairs already, I said, "Hey Adam, can you please let me come?

"Sure you can," I said, opening the door for her to enter.

She greeted Lydia and joined her to take a seat on the sofa. She might have suspected something was fishy, but she didn’t see anything that would make her not sure about what we were discussing.

I excused myself from the house to join Ellie, Nicholas, and Mr. Fred in the backyard. I only met Ellie, Nicholas, and Mr. Fred.

"Do you want to race?" I asked Ellie.

"Yeah, sure, let's see who reaches your house first," she said.

"Okay, if that’s what you want, I’m going to give it to you," I replied. She cheated by bolting into the woods without me being ready. I also bolted after her immediately.