Perfectly Perplexing Zombie: Wendall's Story (Perfect Pixie Series Book 4) by MJ May

Author:MJ May [May, MJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Wendall

I stared at the circular object swinging from Muriel’s hand and frowned. “Is that really supposed to hypnotize me?” I sounded dubious because I was dubious. I’d always been skeptical of hypnotism. Not because I thought things like that were completely bogus, but I just didn’t think it would work on me. That was probably arrogant thinking, but regardless, it was what flashed through my brain now.

“Well, it sure as shit won’t work if that’s your attitude,” Johnny huffed. We’d decided to try this down in the bar, mostly because squeezing Johnny, Mr. Moony, Peaches, Ray, and Muriel into my little apartment seemed like an impossibly tight squeeze.

“Johnny’s right.” Peaches fluttered nearby. I might have sneezed if I’d needed to breathe. Golden pixie dust filled the air, and when Muriel did sneeze, Peaches snapped his wings shut and offered up a contrite apology. Walking closer instead of flying, Peaches got down in my face and said, “You’ve got to keep an open mind.” He said it with a smile and a confident nod, as if that’s all I needed to follow his instruction.

“Muriel.” Mr. Moony’s cool voice was like a glass of refreshing water on a hot day. Or, at least, what I remembered it tasting like. “I have not heard of hypnotizing the reanimated dead before. Do you truly believe it is possible?”

Muriel huffed. “You’ve never heard of it before because every other zombie doesn’t have two brain cells to rub together. Wendall’s different, and no, I have no idea if that means this will work or not, but right now, I don’t have a better idea. Do any of you?” She pointedly stared down each and every pair of eyes in the room.

Peaches shifted toward Mr. Moony’s side, and his arm immediately pulled him in closer.

Johnny stomped a cloven hoof and shook his head.

Ray said nothing.

“That’s what I thought.” Muriel inhaled and pushed her chest out, throwing her shoulders back. “Now, if the peanut gallery is done with their piddly-ass comments, I’ll get busy, and we’ll see if this has a prayer of working.”

Muriel’s gaze softened when her eyes settled back on me. I was sitting at a table. Trinket was in her usual spot, snuggled up to my neck. Her fur rubbed along my latest spot. I’d quickly slapped a bandage over it this morning when I woke up and saw it staring back at me in the mirror. I didn’t want Trinket getting the antibiotic ointment on her fur.

“All you need to do is relax and concentrate on my voice, Wendall. You can do that for me, can’t you?”

Muriel knew I’d do anything for her, and my nod made her eyes crinkle with her smile. “Good. Do you have any questions before we get started?”

I shifted and asked, “Even if this works, how will we know if I saw anything? I didn’t recognize it then, so what will make this different?”

Instead of Muriel, Ray stepped closer. His hand found its way to my wavy hair, tucking a strand behind my ear.

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