Lost Soul
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Prologue The eerie full moon has made another visit upon the dark, clear, crisp night. It is the only light shining in a black naked sky. Even the lighthouses have taken a break from their daily duties of guiding lost ships through the abyss of the mysterious ocean that swallows its victims with no remorse. Shadows dance across the autumn leaves that are undergoing pigment changes as they prepare to fall making way to another dark and dreary winter. I gaze out my window, which overlooks the forlorn harbor in the distance along with the backdrop of a rugged wilderness that holds many secrets. That is when I see her. Her beautiful apparition gracefully glides across the water like an angel dancing without a care in the world. She is dancing for me like she always used to do way back in the days; the days before she was stolen from me. The days we were so happy and in love. I was so foolish to think it would last. Nothing lasts forever. But I was also foolish to think that she was an angel. She was an angel draped in devil’s clothing. She cast me under her spell making me believe in her goodness and purity. Nobody is pure. Evil resides in us all. We are all capable of horrible things when pushed to the limit. But I never hurt her. I loved her with all my heart and soul and everything that I had. I gave her myself. Isn’t that the most valuable thing you could give anybody? Yet it wasn’t enough. Nothing was enough for her. She just kept taking, and then in the end came her betrayal. I will never trust anybody again. What’s the point? They only disappoint you and leave you with bitter memories to take to the grave. Now she haunts me every night; dancing and taunting me with every move. The curvature of her body silhouetted against the moonlight driving me crazy and making me long for her warm, sultry skin against mine, wanting to taste the bitter sweetness of her candy lips. Why must I be tormented like this? What have I done to deserve such pain? The only conciliation is knowing I have taken my vengeance, well, part of it anyway. I am still waiting for the second part of my payback, but first there must be plenty of suffering. I want those who hurt me to suffer like they have made me suffer! I want them to live in anguish as they have made me all these months. Of course that is only half of my revenge. The other half will be the grand finale. After all, there comes a time in all our lives when we reach our own grand finale. That is when all pain and suffering ceases and all worries of this world are no more. That is the part we call death. As I prepare for another lonely evening of restless slumber, I hear her moaning and wailing in the near distance. She is calling out my name beckoning me to approach her. Why? I don’t know. I thought she was through with me. But I guess some times when you’re a part of somebody’s soul; you never really are through with them. I must answer her call. I slowly leave my melancholy room making sure to wrap myself in a sweater before going out into the cold night air. There she is; my goddess of beauty. The woman I have always loved and will forever love. I follow her voice and her gesture begging me to come closer and closer. I know I shouldn’t yet I cannot help myself. It is a force pulling me like a magnet and I can’t resist. Oh how I’ve tried but her allure is just too overwhelming for me. I knew she’d come back to me sooner or later. Even if it is in the afterlife I knew that she would eventually recognize the error of her ways. I was her one and only love; surely she had to know that. Yes she lost sight of that for a while but I knew she would return to her senses. It’s such a pity it’s too late. But isn’t that how it always works? One realizes the error of one’s ways when it is too late…
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Tracy Fletcher’s parents are mortified when her boyfriend Adam proposes marriage and she accepts. In an attempt to get Tracy to reconsider, her parents make a deal with her: Have her take a trip to coastal Maine where Victoria, an old friend of Tracy’s mother, and her son own a hotel. However, the deal is for Tracy to go without Adam so that she can think this proposal through without any distractions.
She takes the deal and her and her two best friends venture off to Maine unaware that the state’s tourism is suffering due to a series of murders taking place in the area. The monster known as the Frightening Finger Fiend is running around murdering married and engaged couples.
Upon arrival, Tracy meets Victoria’s son Hunter and his best friend Zachary who marvel at the uncanny resemblance Tracy bears to a woman they both loved and lost tragically. The haunting tale of this lost love begins to unfold and Tracy learns it is filled with jealousy, betrayal and murder. Tracy gets closer to Hunter and Zachary just as Adam makes an appearance having followed her in an obsessive attempt to keep watch on her. His jealousy becomes apparent as he is horrified to learn that Tracy has decided to leave him. Meanwhile, the murders have increased as many more victims are found just beyond the woods. Theories of the murderer being a ghost of a woman seeking vengeance continue to arise. As Tracy and her friends get closer to uncovering the truth behind these brutal slayings; the murderer has selected the next target and they soon learn they are too late.
About the Author
Chrissy Yacoub is a published author of six books, including a poetry book. Writing at an early age and pursuing her goal adamantly, she had her first novel published at nineteen. Yacoub has also tried her hands at song writing proving that there is no avenue of the written craft she is not willing to explore. She attributes much of her success to her fan base and has claimed that without them, she wouldn’t be where she is today. She continues to write in the fiction genre with Lost Soul being her first psychological thriller to date dealing with the human emotions we all experience in dealing with the loss of a truly loved one and the many effects it takes on us both emotionally and mentally. Yacoub’s last two novels Autumn’s Apparitions and its sequel Ghostly Echoes, received phenomenal reviews as Yacoub dealt with the issue of “Does a soul linger after death to complete unfinished business?”
Her novel Cultures Colliding was a fiction-based book set in the backdrop of nine eleven and deals with the issues that arise when two people of different backgrounds and religion fall in love despite their families’ objections. Her other novels Somewhere Out There and The Dreamers tenderly explore the issues that young adults face such as love, finding themselves in their careers and not allowing themselves to walk in the shadows of others. Check out Chrissy Yacoub’s works and remember to read Whispers in the Breeze; a beautiful collection of poetry that inspires and captures human emotions so precisely and expresses them into the written word that Yacoub has clearly demonstrated over and over she is a pro at doing.