Nero Book 3: Season of the Witches by Nigro Christofer

Author:Nigro, Christofer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Hunt Press
Published: 2021-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

I woke up after a fitful sleep last night due to the unsuccessful hunt. Ne-ne is likely now permanently out of my reach, and Ramus might soon be also. I realized I would have to find a way to eventually track them down, which would be difficult to do if they were in the witness protection program or whatever.

Thankfully my lust for the hunt was satisfied, if just barely, by the fact that I got to wade into a few of the Buffalo PD that refuses to stop hounding me. The highlight was getting to smack Murphy clear across the street to land right where he belonged, on top of the garbage heap. Or, maybe it was the sound of that cop’s ass bone breaking? Anyway, I was lucky that the one bullet I took passed clear through my leg, so I didn’t have to bother poor Everett to help remove it again. The wound made running painful for a bit, but it was fully healed before I got home.

As my clock radio awakened me to the sound of “Queen of Hearts” by Juice Newton, I grumbled at the realization that I had to wake up for another day of school.

What made it even worse was the fact that I now had to get another big sample of blood, and somehow I had to find a girl who was something close to “pure of heart” to get it from. I should have figured that Monica Mainfield didn’t fit the bill, but it’s not like this isn’t a totally new type of chore for me. How in Hel’s name do you judge something like that?

After getting dressed and leaving my room, I found myself confronted by my mother in the kitchen.

“You got in trouble at school again yesterday,” she said in her combined tone of disappointment and condescension that irritated me to no end.

“Yep,” I replied with mock casualness as I munched on a pop tart.

She then gave me that irritated and equally condescending sigh of hers. “You know, Mike, you’re a real embarrassment to me. I don’t know what we’re going to do with you.”

“That school system you force me to attend is an embarrassment. If it was worthwhile, it would be a place that everyone wanted to go.”

“Shut up. I’m going to tell Frank to deal with you.”

“Fuck him.”

“Excuse me?” came my stepdad’s voice from the parlor. “Did you just tell me to fuck off?”

“I’m not sure, I think I may have stuttered,” I replied acerbically. “Or, maybe I suggested that the mailman should fuck off.”

“Mike… I can’t believe you,” my mother said.

Frank dashed towards me and sunk his strong fingers into my shoulder blades. “Who the hell do you think you’re talking to here? My father would have knocked my fucking teeth out if I talked to him like that!”

“Then no wonder you turned out like you did,” I responded. “I guess you enjoy having the power over me that he once had over you.”

“You need a good beating!” Frank shouted at me.

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