Teaser Tuesday - Crystal Tide

Here is a short piece from Crystal Tide, Book 2 of the Tides of Atlantis series. This scene involves a letter that the heroine, Kay, finds in her father's home office.

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“They are among us…”
 
It started out.
 
“…creatures and beings from other dimensions, not only outer space as I had once imagined. Some of them can not even be classified as alien because they have walked the earth and lived here far longer than humans.
I have made encounters while out in the field, unexplainable happenings, disturbing sightings and sometimes just hair raising feelings of an unknown presence. Supernatural, paranormal, extra-terrestrial ─ are these the correct terms to define what I have seen? All I can say for certain is that these beings are powerful. They have been around for a very long time, probably since the beginning. At one time, they lived in concert with mankind but something happened long ago and they now have an acute contempt for modern man.
Through my research, I have found that many of earth’s geological and atmospheric disturbances may find their root not in seismic, climatic, or weather related occurrences but, actually, are being set in motion by these supernatural beings. For what reason I cannot conjecture, but judging by the increasing frequency and intensity, it can be assumed that their intent is not of a benign nature.
I’ve made plans to study the geological link. Many of the paranormal hotspots are located at earth’s vortexes. What was once a guilty fascination, a diversion from my actual work, has become a matter of dire importance as all evidence points to a rising insurrection coming from these beings. Their presence has steadily increased over the past two or three decades as I have noted on my charts. All my research suggests that there is a sea floor link to nearly every troubling account of man meeting with these destructive otherworld forces.
I fear for my wife and my daughter. I have to gather more information but am assailed by the feeling that time may be running short before something truly harrowing occurs that will affect the entire world.
I leave for Miami tomorrow for a close study of the Bermuda Triangle ─ one of the world’s most hostile vortices…
 
And there the entry ended though it was obvious that her dad had written more. Kay flipped the page but it was the last one in the notebook. Paper had been ripped out. He never did that, his notes could be chaotic and disjointed but he never mangled his pages. She had to know what else he’d written. She searched the bookshelf but that notebook was the highest numbered in its group which meant that, if Esmé had a journal in Miami, it was probably the next one.
Just as all her thoughts came crashing together, bright lights blazed into the windows for a second and then a car door slammed shut. Someone was coming.

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