Taken from If Tomorrow Never Comes:
Josh was already in the kitchen when she walked in. Her eyes still held that familiar sleepiness to them, and he knew she wasn’t anywhere near fully awake. He reached his hand out to touch her as she passed by him to grab a glass from the cupboard. He watched in awe as his hand went right through her, a pins and needles feeling rushing up his arm.
“They’re on their way to tell her,” Gabriel said from across the room. He tilted his head and studied Avery for a moment as she went about her morning routine in the kitchen, completely unaware of the scrutiny she was under. She pulled the bag of whole wheat bread from the bread box and took out two slices, setting them in the toaster. “She’s very pretty.”
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This is intriguing. I’m imagining just from that bit and no other context that Avery is a ghost and she’s about to be sent into the light.
Thanks Lila! Glad you enjoyed the excerpt 🙂
Ooh, LOVED this!!! what a twist, very intriguing, can’t wait to read more. Excellent excerpt.
Thank you, Veronica 🙂 So glad you enjoyed it!
Great snippet! Very dramatic and intense! How does she do that?
Thank you, Susan 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it!
Sounds like she has a little shock coming…
An intriguing eight there.