The Hairpin

Umad felt the hairs on the back of his neck raise as he heard the words of what claimed to have already been dead. He was no awakened Spirit master. He had no idea what spirits looked like, but if he ever heard one, it would no doubt be this.

"A vengeful spirit," Umad cried out. "There's a vengeful spirit in the house. Someone get an exorcist."

The guards had already begun moving even before that, not to call the exorcist, however, but to swing their staff at the empty air.

Shara grabbed Ning in time, turning him and her intangible. The guards swung their staff around enough, but they easily passed through the two invisible individuals, making them truly believe that there was a ghost there.

Ning moved forward with Shara and arrived right next to Umad, before speaking in a low whisper that only he could hear.

"Give me my mother's hairpin, or I will kill you."