Better off Dead Book Three by Odette C. Bell

Author:Odette C. Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Odette C. Bell
Published: 2020-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

I had to decide what to do. Sonos had told me to stay inside my castle, and now I’d kicked out Hilliker’s army, I appreciated it was a safe place for me to remain. Now I had the power of the Deep pulsing through my veins and echoing through my mind, it felt as if there wasn’t anything I couldn’t face. But that right there was wrong. I had not faced Hilliker in the flesh. I had only encountered a fraction of his power. When he broke out of Hell, the real fight would begin.

I imagined I’d weakened him. Maybe he wouldn’t break out of Hell anytime soon, but it was still inevitable. That gave me time. And I needed to use that time.

“I won’t do anything useful staying here,” I told the back of my vault door as I faced it, my arms crossed.

There was only one place I wanted to go, but I knew it was inherently dangerous. If I headed to Sato’s Emporium, who knew what I would face? There’d be Hilliker’s priests – that would be for sure. There would be more possessed, too.

But I needed to find out if there was any chance Sonos was still alive. I also couldn’t forget Barney – and to some extent Sato, though I was still apoplectic at him. Hell, I didn’t even want that drunk pigeon dying.

“This is probably suicide. But screw it. Hilliker has always kept me on the back foot. It’s time to do something he won’t expect.”

I went to thrust through my vault door and out to one of the external transport nodes, but I thought better of it as I glanced down at my clothes. They were completely ruined. It was time to change.

I did not have to thrust up into my bedroom. My magic was well and truly back. All I had to do was concentrate, and I mentally traveled to my wardrobe. I selected leather. A leather jacket, a composite magic denim-leather pair of jeans that would not make me chafe nor sweat, a sturdy top, some serious boots, and my fanciest hair clip.

I commanded the clothes to race down to me. They plucked off the rags of my current outfit, threw them to the side, and clad me, all in one blast of magic. When I was done, I tapped my boots to check they were on correctly, then shoved forward. I clutched my cross, letting my fingers linger as I opened my vault door.

I walked out to see several of the possessed sitting on my porch, staring at some wolves. They were obviously having a confrontation. Maybe they were looking for who would rule the forest. I left them to it.

I walked away, heading to one of the nodes right at the edge of the property.

I paid attention to the forest, trying to figure out if Hilliker had breached it with any other forces. But he hadn’t.

Several of the possessed followed me. They weren’t about to attack me, though. If anything, they just looked thankful.

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