Exclusive: First Two Chapters of Dark Veil

Dark Veil

Book One in the Belonging Series

 

 

By: S.L. Naeole

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER ONE

 

Fallon

 

It's been a long time since I smelled the salty aroma of a pier. As the ferry pulled up to its slip, I inhaled deeply the combination of drenched wood, fog, seaweed, wet rope, and something else that I couldn't figure out. It didn't matter, of course; I'd never seen this pier before and didn't know what existed beyond it.

"Welcome to Black Cat Rock," my mother said as she came to lean beside me on the railing. "What do you think so far?"

I frowned. "I can't really see anything. Is it always this foggy?"

She shook her head. "The captain said that there was a storm last night and this fog is what's left. Once we get away from the pier, you should be able to see everything. Anyway, I came to get you. Dad's already in the truck and he wants to leave as soon as the ramp drops."

I looked at the gray haze that covered everything and frowned again. How could anyone see well enough to drive in this? All I could make out were shadows that could have been anything. Even now, my imagination wanted to believe that the quickly moving dark spot in the gray mist wasn't a car, but an animal stalking its prey.