Unleashed
The
Haunting of Secrets
Book
Three
Shelley
R. Pickens
Genre:
Paranormal YA
ISBN:
978-1-68046-353-8
ISBN
EBOOK: 978-1-68046-354-5
Tag
Line: With her ascension, she gained great power. Now the lure of
infinite power over others will cause the monster within to be
Unleashed.
Book
Descripton:
Aimee
killed a man. Worse yet, she enjoyed it.
Aimee
has survived a bombing, a killer’s torture chamber, countless evils
harbored deep within the minds of psychopaths and killers, and even
death. But now, the greatest threat is the evil barely contained
within.
With
her ascension, Aimee gained great power. She no longer needs to touch
a person for their every memory and thoughts to be divulged. With
that power, she now feels the pull to become judge, jury, and
executioner to those who commit evil in this world.
Despite
her desire to be alone with Logan and live a normal life, she soon
realizes that she, in fact, is the greatest threat to the normality
she craves. Without control of her own powers, she inadvertently
causes harm to those she loves the most.
Aimee
is forced to seek out the only other person in this world that can
help her: Brett.
Together,
they explore the world as ascended beings, reveling in the
intoxication of mind control, as flames of love ignite between them.
With each new emotion explored, the reasons behind the origin of her
powers are slowly revealed.
But
a dark threat looms in the horizon —a sinister plot that will cause
the monster within Aimee to emerge.
With
Logan kidnapped and Brett unable to face his sinister father, Aimee
must battle the lure of infinite power to save the two boys that hold
her heart captive.
Or
risk being lost to the evil forever.
Excerpt:
Preface
I
killed a man. Worse yet, I wanted to kill him. The darkness I’ve
fought so hard to keep out of my life had somehow seeped into my soul
without me knowing it. My ascension brought great power, but at a
horrible price. All it took was a moment. A fleeting thought, and
when it was over, the man before me, lay dead and my soul cried out
in agony. I stand above him now, watching my reflection as it bounces
off his lifeless eyes. This isn’t the girl I’m supposed to be.
The girl I know would never have harmed a living soul. Yet, here’s
the proof right in front of me, staring lifelessly into nothingness.
I know he never saw death coming for him because his expression is a
strange mixture of pain and surprise. I want to help him, but there’s
nothing I can do, he’s gone. I watched his thoughts end, his soul
disperse to the sky above. Still, his face remains stubbornly
determined; like he wants nothing more than to return so he can
admonish me for my sins. But he can’t.
And
I’m the reason why.
I
slowly back away from him, still unsure of what to do. My progress is
halted abruptly when I run straight into a solid wall of muscle. His
arms come around to embrace me from behind. It’s comforting despite
the complete inappropriateness of it in the face of death. He holds
me as I stare helplessly; hovering over the body of the man I just
destroyed.
“It’s
all right,” he begins in a soft tone. “You did what you had to
do.”
I turn around and
look at my companion, my equal in both power and stubbornness. “No,
I didn’t. I did what I wanted to do. For that, I’m going to burn
in hell.”
My
self-proclaimed soul mate stares at me with a puzzled look on his
face. He seems confused, as if hell is a place that shouldn’t be
feared. After all I’ve been through in the short sixteen years of
my life, I’m more certain than ever that hell is very real.
And it’s a place I
now seem destined to visit.
Though
my companion seems understanding and empathetic of my remorse, he
isn’t quite able to hide the pride he feels for my eliminating
someone with my powers. I don’t need to see his thoughts; it shines
clearly through every aspect of his expression.
He
moves his hands up to cup my face, catching the latest tear as it
falls from my regret filled eyes. “Then we shall burn in hell
together, my dark princess.”
Also
Available
The
Haunting of Secrets Book 1
Unhinged
The Haunting of Secrets Book 2
Book
Trailers
The
Haunting of Secrets https://youtu.be/cQvKX0rb-Zg
About
the Author:
Shelley
Pickens is a Spanish teacher by day and a novelist by night. She's
been in love with everything paranormal since she can remember. After
years of teaching high school students, she decided to take her
firsthand knowledge of young adults and apply it to her passion for
creative writing and fantasy. When not teaching or writing, Shelley
likes to spend time with her husband and two beautiful children in
Atlanta, Ga. Her escape from reality is her love of complex thriller
and science fiction TV series like Supernatural and Sleepy Hollow. In
her spare time she is an avid watcher of little league baseball. THE
HAUNTING OF SECRETS is her debut novel.
You
can connect with Shelley Pickens at:
Website:
www.shelleypickens.com
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