The Spectral Agent - Chapter 4 - Text

Viktor spends the day chasing a lead, guided by a voice only he can hear

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The Spectral Agent - Chapter 4

I woke up to the loud and annoying sounds of birds cawing into the late morning sky. My body ached for seemingly no reason as I hadn’t done anything intensive recently. I sat up with the covers surrounding me.

I looked at my bedroom window, and there it was on the sill, the red crow. It cawed with the other birds that flocked to a tree planted in the sidewalk.

My eyes quickly darted to the item on my nightstand. I stared at the pendant, it looked small and unassuming, yet it weighed on me like a lead ball.

I hadn’t touched it since last night. Sleeping on everything the ghost told me didn’t help. But now, avoiding it seemed pointless. I reached for the pendant and raised it to my forehead. The moment my skin touched the cold metal, I heard Chai speak. The silence of my mind was almost louder than his voice.

“Morning, sunshine. How’d you sleep? That is, if you'd still call ten o'clock 'morning'.”