On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

Author:Karina Halle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Mystery, Horror, Romance, Fantasy, Suspense, Adult, Goodreads 2012 Horror
ISBN: 9781475079371
Publisher: Karina Halle
Published: 2012-04-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

I felt all my bravado fall off me the minute I stepped over the undisturbed salt and into the house but Maximus sensed it and reached back for me, grasping my hand tightly. The air inside was so cold that our breath froze in fragmented clouds and it only got colder as we got back to the kitchen, like we were making our way into the depths of an ice cave.

Ada made a point of flipping on every light she could find, and even though the kitchen was brightly illuminated, I still felt like I could see lurking shadows in my peripheral vision. Maximus scanned the room and then set about mixing the powders into one of the bowls. We didn’t say much to each other but I made sure Ada and I were standing as close together as possible.

What was that thing? My mind had been constructing it to look like some sort of monster, but all we really saw was a large dark shape. I guess in some ways that was worse. My imagination was filling in the blanks and if I let it run away on me, it would probably come up with something more horrifying than the reality. Whatever the reality was. It had glowing eyes and all.

Maximus mixed the powders with a spoon and a ghastly stench of cinnamon and rotten eggs fluttered in the air.

“Gross,” Ada muttered, but even her comments had lost their edge. Her voice trembled with fear.

“It’s sulphur,” he said quietly, patiently. “Now we have to sprinkle this in all the corners.”

To her credit, Ada didn’t complain. We slowly made our way around the house, jumping at every unexpected touch of each other, hearts hammering at every squeak of the floor. The large, black monster was nowhere to be seen and the only thing we felt was the everlasting chill that seemed to seep into my bones and sting my eyes. We followed this up with a ritual of sprinkling salt water and more chanting.

Finally, we came to the end of the banishment, which involved the black candle drizzled with crimson dragon’s blood oil and sprinkled with the powders. Maximus passed it to me in a silver candle holder and instructed me to hold it in my dominant hand. I actually had to think about which hand that was for a moment. I knew I was right-handed but lately I’d found myself becoming ambidextrous, using my left hand for more and more things, like a new-found strength was found in my tendons, or my brain was rewiring itself.

I took the candle and he lit the wick, which sparked and popped and then calmed down to a clean, yellow flame.

“As this candle burns, so are negative energies from this place,” he said stridently. He looked me in the eyes. “You repeat it. And then you, Ada. We could use the extra help here. Once every five minutes. Let’s go.”

Ada and I both repeated the phrase and I anxiously eyed the clock. My parents would be back in forty-five minutes at the most.

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