Palace of Fires by Bill Bennett

Author:Bill Bennett [Bennett, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, young adult, fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 9780143783794
Goodreads: 36580821
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2018-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

It had been many years since the Hag had travelled. It required such focus, such concentration and energy, and at her age it took several days to recover and have the full use of her powers again. It used to be fun when she was younger – the exhilaration, the speed and spin and whir, the sensation of being transported through time and space. And then the excitement of ending up in some new place sometime in the past or present or future. But she’d done it too many times now and at her age, travel was purely functional.

A flight to the west coast on a regular airline would be easier, but every day now was crucial. They had to get this girl quickly. The Grand Master was right – there was only so much she could do from her condo in Florida. He’d also made it very clear that if she failed, then her time with Baphomet would be over. Viciously, savagely, over.

The New York disturbance was now organised, so there was no need for her to stay back and coordinate that task any longer. She’d done all she could. It was now up to the Baphomites on the ground to action it at the right time. And Belt could look after her cats in her absence. There was no reason for her to stay, and every reason for her to go, and go fast, which meant travel.

She was also curious to meet this inquisitor. The girl intrigued her. From what she knew of her, she was an ambitious little fiend, capable of vicious derangement, yet with a lot of natural talent. She’d impressed the upper echelons in Budapest with her ruthlessness, and there was no doubt she was capable of clean emotionless violence, that was clear to everyone. It was also apparent that she was working hard to acquire more powers – even tracking down adepts and paying to have one-on-one classes with them to learn more, faster.

When she reached the rank of inquisitor she’d demanded not one, but two familiars, which was highly unusual and impertinent – you had to be at least a priestess to be allowed a familiar, and even then you were only permitted one. The Hag had forsaken familiars years ago. She’d found them too needy, and they increased a witch’s vulnerability. If a familiar was injured or killed, then it energetically impaired the witch-host. But that didn’t seem to bother the demented little girlie, and it was a mark of the Golden Order’s belief in her potential that her outrageous demand was finally granted.

The Hag was not a fan. For a start she hated short people, especially short people dressed in black. They reminded her of rats. And she hated rats even more than she hated children. As well, she resented that her fate was now intertwined with this aggressive brat that had only been in Baphomet a few years.

The Hag liked working alone and hated being dependent on anyone, especially someone young and arrogant who believed the best way to fix a problem was with a blade.

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