Ghosts of Perigord by Marc Lindsay

Author:Marc Lindsay [Lindsay, Marc]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Murder of Crows Publishing
Published: 2016-07-28T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

They arrived at Jason’s to find Wendy sitting at the front gate waiting patiently. As soon as she saw them approaching she leapt to her feet and began waving happily.

‘Hey Wendy, I hope you haven’t been waiting long?’ Jason asked.

‘No. I just got here a couple of minutes ago,’ Wendy said casually.

‘That’s good,’ Selene chimed in. They all walked up the driveway together, Wendy zipped up her coat and gave a small shudder against the cold. Jason and Selene looked at each other guiltily, knowing that they were both well protected from the elements.

Jason’s mum was in the kitchen and greeted them as they entered.

‘Will you two be joining us for dinner? There’s plenty if you do,’ Helen asked.

‘I’d love to,’ Selene answered.

‘If it’s okay,’ Wendy said.

‘Of course,’ Helen replied.

‘Do you two want to head down to the study and I’ll meet you in a minute?’ Jason said to the girls.

‘Come on,’ Selene said and steered Wendy towards the study. Jason turned to his mother.

‘Thanks mum, I know this was last minute,’ Jason said.

‘It’s fine luv,’ Helen replied. Jason was just about to join his friends. ‘Son, one last thing, were you meant to be home earlier?’

‘No, why?’ Jason asked.

‘Well, your young friend was waiting out front for quite a while.’

‘How long?’

‘About an hour and a half,’ Helen said. Jason thought this over.

‘She must have got the timings mixed up,’ Jason said and left his mother to prepare dinner.

About half an hour into their research, Wendy placed her book down and cleared her throat in a bid to get the others attention.

‘I know we’ve been looking up information about the Kava fellow, amongst other things but…’ Wendy trailed off, her real intention was something she was obviously reluctant to bring up.

‘Wendy, if you have something to say, don’t be afraid to speak up. You’re part of the group now!’ Selene said. This seemed to calm the younger girl. ‘I don’t know if you remember, but the reason behind me being here was a conversation about goblins,’ Wendy said, she now had their full attention. ‘It was also the main reason I started looking into you as well. This was not a known factor to the pair.

Wendy went onto explain her involvement in the whole affair starting with her eavesdropping on their conversation by the goblin statue at the brewery during the class excursion.

‘We really need to watch where and what we say,’ Selene said ruefully.

‘I take it this conversation is leading somewhere?’ Jason asked.

‘It is. From what I’ve managed to glean and the fact that you two have a knowledge of it suggests that goblins are real. And that Perigord is situated over a hotbed of goblin activity, amongst other things,’ Wendy said.

‘What information have you learnt that supports this theory?’ Selene asked. Wendy brightened at this question, walking across the room she retrieved her bag and produced an A4 sized manila envelope.

‘Ah, again with the mysterious envelope,’ Jason mused. Wendy blushed and brought it over.

‘There have been dozens of sightings of creatures fitting the description of these goblins over the years,’ Wendy said.

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