Death Warmed Up by S.C. Stokes

Author:S.C. Stokes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: made into an audio
Publisher: Prescient Publishing
Published: 2022-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Kasey jammed her phone back in her jacket pocket. It was time to go.

Arturo‘s was sacred ground. There was no way she wanted to be anywhere near it if the creature was coming for her.

“What’s wrong?” her mother asked.

“Something is coming. Whatever creature has been attacking people throughout the city, it’s on its way here.”

“How do you know?” Her mother‘s brow creased as she scanned the streets through the window of the pizzeria.

“It’s a creature of magic, and it is knocking out the city’s surveillance as it moves. I have someone monitoring the situation. He found a series of electrical outages at the site of the first body and has since confirmed it with the victim who was killed last night. Now he says that he’s tracking it across Brooklyn and it’s moving fast, heading right for the Hall of Science.”

“Could it just be a coincidence?” her mother asked. “How could such a creature know you’re here?”

“If it’s the Wendigo,” Kasey whispered, “it must be able to track me. Ever since I faced it at the Falls, it seems to be able to reach out and mess with my mind. It haunts my dreams, turning them into nightmares. If it is the Wendigo, I fear it knows exactly where I am.”

“Then why not come for you sooner? Why would it wait all this time? Why would it kill the others? It makes no sense.”

Kasey shook her head as she headed for the counter. “I don’t know. I’ve never faced anything like it. But this much I know—during my initiation, I was flush with power, absolutely brimming with it, and I barely made it out with my life. Perhaps it is toying with me. The fae Talora seemed to think that the Wendigo like to drive their prey insane.”

“If it’s as dangerous as you say, we need to get out of here,” her mother replied. “We can’t allow it to bring the fight in here with all these innocent people.”

“Exactly what I was thinking,” Kasey replied.

Her mother snatched her bag off the counter, threw it over her shoulder, and followed Kasey over to Arturo who was manning the cashier’s desk. Kasey pulled out her wallet and looked for some cash, but her fingers were shaking too badly.

Jane slapped a fifty-dollar bill on the counter and called out to Arturo, “Keep the change.”

Arturo looked from the crisp bill to the concerned looks on Kasey and Jane’s faces.

“Anything I should be worried about?”

“Batten down the hatches, Arturo,” Kasey replied. “The second we leave, lock the door. We’re going to try and lead it away.”

“It?” Arturo swallowed hard.

“You heard right,” Kasey replied, “and we don’t want it making its way here. See you soon, old friend.”

She raced out the door, her mother only a step behind her.

“What’s your plan, dear?” she asked as Kasey rushed down the street.

Kasey didn‘t have one. She was making and discarding plans as quickly as she could move. She also hadn’t mentioned to her mother her desire to incapacitate rather than kill the Wendigo.

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