At the Behest of the Dead by Long Timothy W

Author:Long, Timothy W. [Long, Timothy W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TWL Publications
Published: 2013-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

“Stop it.” She put her hands on her hips. Oh no. That was the female equivalent of a stop sign just before a semi rolled past.

“Fine. Here’s a brilliant idea. Let’s just get out of here.”

“Not yet. You have to read this first.”

“I don’t really want to read anything in here until I have some rest, some absinthe, and maybe a full dose of Rockin’ Witch.”

“You have to read it, Phin. It’s a note to you from Salazar.”

I gulped and went to her side.

His name made my stomach do a flip. I thought about him dying in that room, killed by a demon. His heart was ripped out. He’d been silenced, probably unable to utter a spell. He would have fought and used every trick he’d learned over his considerable years. But it wouldn’t have been enough. Even a master wasn’t invincible.

And I missed him. I had missed him for the last few years and meant to write, call, swing by and have a drink, but I always put it off. Now I would never have the chance.

If he had left me something, some hint to why he had been killed, or instructions on what to do if he fell, well, it might just help assuage my anger and regret.

I went to the desk and pulled the old chair out. It creaked as it rasped across the stone floor. A layer of dust lay on the seat so I leaned over and brushed most of it off, but my aim wasn’t that great because I only had eyes for the note.

The folded piece of parchment had a single word embossed on the outside, my name. It didn’t even look like it was written by a human hand because it was so perfect.

I rubbed the ink on my robe and cursed. That wasn’t too bright.

“Just read it, Phin.” Glenda stared at me.

“Right.”

I picked up the note and unfolded it.

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