Demon at War (The Mike Rawlins Series Book 3) by DeLeo Bernard Lee

Author:DeLeo, Bernard Lee [DeLeo, Bernard Lee]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Young Adult, Urban Paranormal
Publisher: RJ Parker Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Media Manipulation

Jenny gave Mike a wave as her son walked into the kitchen. She paused from her cleaning chores at the sink. “I’ll bet you’re glad there’s no school today. Is Laura up?”

“I think she’s in the shower. Did Dad say whether he needed me at the shop today?”

“He said to take the day off. If he gets slammed, he told me he’d call. I’m surprised you’re ready this early. What’d you get, about four hours sleep?”

Mike glanced at the kitchen clock, noting it was nearly 9AM. He poured a cup of coffee for himself and sat down at the kitchen table. His Mom knew he hated eating breakfast, and had given up trying to force it on him. “Closer to five. D’s still zonked in my bedroom. I gave him a nightcap.”

“How about you?”

“Not last night or I mean early morning. We came in too late. I appreciate you and Dad trusting me on the booze thing.”

Jenny sat down opposite Mike with her own coffee. “If having a shot after fighting inter-dimensional war helps, then I think it would be stupid not to trust you. Your Dad and I always were honest with you about our own experiments. Toking up is an ambition killer. We dropped that loser way back in our college days. Most everything else hooks you and deteriorates your body, just like overindulging in booze. You have more ambition than ten kids. We figured with all you have going on, the last thing you’d ever do is mess with drugs, and overindulge the booze that blunts your inner drive.”

“I hate to say it, but the Haunt upgrade has been largely beneficial so far, which is kind of creepy. I haven’t had a chance to tell you and Dad about some of the effects. Even with the small amount of Colloidal Silver, my power of suggestion is increasing, and my control over touch is to the point I may be able to stop taking the Silver one day soon.”

Jenny’s brow furrowed slightly as she considered Mike’s new information. “That is a pretty dangerous upgrade combined with your strength enhancements. Did you use them last night?”

“I had to on Agent Navarone. She arrived ready to throw us all in prison. I willed her to allow us to show her what evicting a Haunt looks like up close and personal. She was on our side after that. She even volunteered to get a tanker for our try at taking the battle into Haunt land.”

“You saved that bitch’s life and she was still going to arrest you?”

“Forget the lifesaving, Mom. We need the FBI on board with this invasion. It’s one thing for a bunch of teens and a dog to evict mean spirited ghosts in a reality TV setting. It’s a whole other deal to have those same teens and dog as the only front line of defense against an invasion of monsters from another dimension.”

“Well yeah… when you blurt it all out like that,” Jenny joked.

“Good morning.” Laura walked into the kitchen dressed in her more fancy maternity clothes for school.

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