How to Stop a Witch by Bill Allen

Author:Bill Allen [Allen, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Paranormal, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781611941715
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc.
Published: 2012-08-29T14:00:00+00:00

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The next morning proved to be as perilous as the day before. By the time the group stopped to eat, Lucky was over two-thirds bald.

What little food Greg had packed was now gone, so Bob and Tom headed out to gather some roots for lunch.

“It’s not really that bad,” Priscilla said when Lucky pulled back his hood to get their opinion.

“Yeah, it’s hardly noticeable at all,” said Kristin.

“What are you talking about?” said Melvin. “He looks like a freak.”

Both girls gasped, but Lucky looked at Melvin approvingly. “Thanks, Melvin. I knew I could count on you to tell me straight.” He stooped forward. “How long do you think we have left?”

Melvin studied Lucky’s head carefully. “An hour or two at the most. What do you think, Greg?”

Greg sighed. “I think we need to come up with a plan, quick.”

Priscilla spoke softly, her eyes lowered to the ground. “Well, we always have my hair to fall back on. That should last us the rest of the trip, wouldn’t you think?”

Lucky threw an arm around her shoulder and gave her a consoling hug.

“I’m not so sure that’s a good idea,” said Greg.

Kristin pushed Lucky out of the way and gave Priscilla a hug of her own. “Of course it’s not.”

“You saw how those two reacted when they saw Lucky’s hair,” Greg explained. “Imagine what they’d do if they saw Priscilla’s. It may not have occurred to you, but we’re in the middle of nowhere. I think we’re in as much danger from our ‘protection’ as from any monster.”

“Greg’s right,” said Lucky.

Melvin made a rude noise. “You just don’t want to lose any more hair.”

“No,” said Kristin, “Greg is right. Except they’re certainly not going to hurt Lucky. After all, you don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.”

“What goose is that?” said Melvin.

“It’s just an expression where we come from,” said Greg. “She means as long as they keep Lucky alive, he’ll keep growing more red hair for them to take. But that means they’re never going to let him go. And why haven’t they gotten rid of the rest of us?”

“Maybe they figure the more of us around, the more people they’ll get to save,” said Priscilla. “Maybe they’re waiting to see what else they can get from us. I’m sure they’d be quite interested to know I was a princess.”

“Right,” said Lucky. “And about Greg being the Mighty Greghart, or that everyone back home is counting on us to return to save the kingdom.”

“Absolutely,” said Priscilla.

Greg noticed she and Lucky seemed awfully agreeable now that they shared a common bond. Maybe losing a bit of hair was the best thing that could have happened to the two of them.

An hour and a half later, Greg snipped off the last lock of Lucky’s hair a full five hours before the sun was due to set. He handed it to Tom, who had just hyperspaced them into a small clearing after a group of boulders came to life for no reason and bounded toward them, shaking the ground with every weighty bounce.

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