Hereditary Curse (The Gatekeeper's Curse Book 2) by Emma L. Adams

Author:Emma L. Adams [Adams, Emma L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-23T22:00:00+00:00

13

River met us outside the guild. Hazel had refused to stay behind, saying she wanted to confirm our story if we were questioned. From the way she watched Morgan’s back on the walk to the guild, I’d guess she’d taken the attack personally.

“You weren’t followed, were you?” His hood was pulled up against the rain, his expression wary.

“If we were, Hazel would have glared it to death,” Morgan commented.

I elbowed him in the ribs. “Didn’t we talk about not being a dick?”

“I don’t see how this guy can help us,” Morgan said, eyeing River. “It was a half-faerie who attacked us.”

“As a ghost?” River asked, letting the insult slide. With Morgan, that was probably the best move if we actually wanted to get anywhere.

“Yeah, a ghost,” I said. “With his magic intact. I’d guess the fetch, or someone else, talked Morgan into switching off the wards on the house. Two Vale monsters got in, too.”

Corwin and Torrance had come out of their rooms while I’d been cleaning up the mess, which had led to an awkward conversation. While Corwin seemed fine with Morgan staying there, Torrance hadn’t looked too happy, though I’d kept the details vague so as not to freak them out. I didn’t think ghosts would target my non-necromancer housemates, but keeping Morgan away seemed a smart move.

River frowned. “The fetch—I did look it up in more detail, and it seems their own abilities are fairly minor. It can only target psychic sensitives, and seems mostly unable to do any harm. That’s likely why it attacked you using an intermediary.”

“And it didn’t know where I am,” I added. “But now it does. It knows where the house is, too. I’m trying to think of a solution which doesn’t involve using the others as bait, or luring it somewhere else.”

“So it’s a coward,” Hazel said.

“And clever,” I said. “It’s been attacking Morgan from a distance for days now. So it might be anywhere.”

“Not for long,” said Morgan. “I don’t mind being bait. I just want it gone.”

“The easiest way is to lure it back to the house,” I said. “It’s that or move out, but the house has a target painted on it and innocent people might get hurt.”

“Lure it there… and then what?” said Hazel.

“Trap it, for a start,” I said. “Get the beast in a summoning circle, surrounded by candles. If it’s not a ghost, it can be killed—permanently. I can do it, with or without the book. The house is empty now. We’ll have one shot.”

The others looked at me. Morgan nodded slowly. “Okay. We’ll do it.”

The guild was a downright ghost town. Apparently everyone had been interrogated to within an inch of their lives, then told they didn’t have to show up today unless they were on the rota for patrolling or taking on cases from the public. That included Jas and Lloyd, who I found standing in a corner, not looking any worse for their narrow escape yesterday.

“Hey,” I said. “Glad to see you’re alive.

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