'Help!! She's losing a lot of blood, which should not be happening. If we lose her, the ritual would not be complete, and the portal would close.'' The pale woman in the cloak screamed at her counterparts, who didn't care about the life before them but rather about the ultimate power they would receive after the ritual. I watched the woman again in agony as I kept losing blood and was on the verge of dying. ''Gather up courage, Agnes, don't succumb to this dark power, esto lux in tenebris'' she said and started incanting menacingly. A wave of strength engulfed me as I stood on my feet and drained all the power from these cloaked men. I felt a sharp pain at the back of my neck and saw that the pale woman had stabbed me in the neck and was laughing victoriously as she drained all my strength and power from me, but to her surprise, I laughed with her and watched her menacingly as I drained her power and broke her neck. I walked out of the room and met with the cold wind and a dark forest. With no shoes or a decent dress, I ran into the unknown and met my doom as I fell into a well and broke my neck. ''Is she okay?''Someone asked frantically as I tried to open my eyelids, but they were too heavy for me to open. I heard a lot of footsteps and mummering around me, but I could not move. Ahhh, I tried my best, but to no avail. I was stuck in this darkness and had become a vegetable in a dark place, knowing the unknown. Agnes Finn, a former police detective and exorcist, was stuck in a coma for 2 years and has been tormented by her last memory of being used as a sacrifice for the dark Lord and is now freed as she regains consciousness, but doesn't know where she is and is more confused when she meets Skye, a 12-year-old girl who claims to be her daughter and wishes for them to be a happy family but what lies next is a terror to die for.

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Almost Human - Discover my debut novel, which follows an orphan girl who, upon turning 18, is cast out of the orphanage and taken in by Astrid, a young scientist working at AIC. Within the facility's walls, our young orphan finds a family.

Rebel Simmons was just a girl who was dealt a shitty hand in the game of life. Despite her harsh and abusive upbringing, she worked hard, and studied harder. With an IQ of 252. she's a certified genius and is working towards her Masters Degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. When tough times hit and she's desperate for money, she steals $5 Million from an offshore bank account. Little did she know she was stealing from the most ruthless Mafia Boss in the world: Dante Vino. • MATURE THEMES 18+ • Cover designed by Holly Thurston