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CHAPTER THREE: GHOSTWALKERS

much about them. Compacts and conspiracies, like the Loyal- chilled my blood, and when she pulled out another pair of scissors,
ists of Thule or Ascending Ones, have widely different opin- I was worried she was going to kill me. Marjorie just flipped out
ions on what to do about them. To most hunters, the haunted when she appeared. She hasn’t been the same since. One of the
represent an enigma, much like death itself. They seem to be other hunters ran off, and hasn’t returned my calls. We did not
living ghosts. They walk in the world of the living and the dead. come through unscathed, though thankfully nobody died or was
Their powers often mimic ghosts, their mindsets often mimic hurt too badly.
ghosts — but they are flesh and blood. We were trying to find something we could use to banish her
Sometimes, too, a ghostwalker’s help is beneficial to a before she found us, but we didn’t have any luck. Our first tentative
hunter. Sometimes, his very presence throws everyone around trips inside always ended the same way. We left just as soon as the
him into great danger. The only constant hunters have is the room started to change colors, but on the third trip...she found us.
reminder that they must tread carefully when following in a While we still got out, we were not sure we’d be back anytime soon.
ghostwalker’s footsteps. Not without help.
When we came back, we brought extra gear with us. The usual.

The Enemy: Holy water and all that crap. A diverse group of ghostwalkers was
Hunter Friend and Foe there, too. (At first, I thought they were part of another cell.) They
warned us away from the house as soon as they saw us. We intro-
The case on 227 Ferndale is closed. The ghost has been put to duced ourselves, and I pulled their leader, Paco, aside to tell him about
rest. Though, if it were not for a group of ghostwalkers, I would not be Amelia. I didn’t want them to make the same mistakes we did. Then,
writing this. These people, whatever their story is, really saved my ass. Paco said they were trying to help her, which made me edgy, honestly. I
We had been investigating Amelia for some time. Amelia is by told him Amelia was a threat, and he agreed.
far the most dangerous ghost we ever dealt with. Honestly, she was They talked amongst themselves for a bit, trying to decide what to
the deadliest, too, worse than that bloodsucker. Now, there were some do with us. Paco said that if we had suffered this much we deserved to
useful calling cards she had, like many ghosts do. For example, you can see it through. I’m not sure why I went in with them, but Paco seemed
tell she was coming, because everything in the room took on a washed to know what he was talking about. I was cool with it, but the newcom-
out, sepia look. If you didn’t leave fast enough, she appeared. ers made Marjorie nervous. She kept looking around Paco and Ayana,
Amelia might have been pretty once, but the scissors sticking like she was seeing something that wasn’t there. She said Ayana had a
out of her eye sockets made her look so damn horrific. Her screams ghostly dog with human eyes following her around. I figured she was still

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