Fierce Lessons (Ghosts & Demons Series Book 3) by Chute Robert Chazz & Pop Holly

Author:Chute, Robert Chazz & Pop, Holly [Chute, Robert Chazz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ex Parte Press
Published: 2015-07-03T07:00:00+00:00

16

The waffle house was fun but I vowed to stay out of sight and run the operation from the van when we got to Palo Alto. We had the demon’s house number from Google maps, but all we could see from the street view was a tall gate and shrubbery that obscured a house far back from the road.

I assigned my crew to perform undercover recon of the comings and goings of Alphonso de Spina and his Circle of Knives.

Psymon, dressed for anonymity in a baseball cap and huge sunglasses that made him look blind, went to work. The mind reader pointed out each of the demon mage’s bodyguards as they passed him in the street. We found them on the Stanford campus, at the grocery store and at a local shop called ZombieRunner. Weirdly, the store called ZombieRunner sold both running shoes and, according to Psymon, excellent coffee.

After we watched the Circle of Knives for a couple of days, the mission’s senior staff gathered in the back of my van in an Arby’s parking lot. Spider, Psymon, Wil, Manny, Devin Anguloora and I considered the task ahead.

Manhattan was first to speak. “Before we get down to the bone crunching, I have to ask. Why is a demon teaching physics?”

“Chronos has walked the Earth for many centuries,” Anguloora said. “He has found a safe place to hide. His motivations should not interest you. Capture is all that is important.”

“But how? People don’t notice he never gets older?”

“A glamor spell could do that,” I said.

“Chronos is very powerful,” Anguloora said. He pointed at Psymon. “Just as this one reads minds, this demon has the power to cloud minds.”

“Like the Shadow?” Wilmington asked.

“Think bigger than that,” the archer said. “Think about him too long and maybe you forget why you were thinking about him.”

“Some of the most powerful spells I’ve seen have to do with messing with memory,” Psymon said. “Memory is so fragile. Our minds need so much refreshing. From a neurobiological point of view, the neuron responsible for holding on to your own name is reminded constantly by using it. If you didn’t use your name constantly, theoretically, you could forget it.”

Manny smiled. “I remember every pornographic image I’ve ever seen. I’ve got a photographic memory for that.” She leered at Wilmington. “I remember everything.”

“Down, girl,” Wilmington said. She turned to Psymon. “I know what you mean. Sometimes I’ll look at the time. I know I’ve seen what time it is but I have to look again and again. Same with locks and turning a stove off. I know I’ve checked but I have to check again.”

“Yeah, memory’s tricky,” Psymon said. “Eyewitnesses see the same accident and report vastly different occurrences. Our justice system is based on eyewitness testimony, which is scary.”

“My favorite trick of memory is when you try to remember a word and the harder you try, the more it eludes you,” I said. “It feels like it’s literally on the tip of your tongue, but you can’t get there by trying too hard.

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