The Monster of Creasy's Hollow (Defenders of the Rift Book 1) by N.C. Reed

Author:N.C. Reed [Reed, N.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Saturday dawned clear and a little cool. It wasn’t autumn, but fall was just around the bend, and the weather was starting to show it. Leaves were already starting to turn a bit.

Chuck had spent a good portion of the night teaching his son how to properly pronounce the words of the banishment spell. All of them would have to participate, but Chip would have to lead them, just as he had in the first ritual. Chuck didn’t like it, but there was nothing he could do about it, either. Together the teens had the power to send Monusuol back to his own version of purgatory. The adults simply didn’t have that kind of power.

Some of the parents had argued that it should be them that tried to work the spell, but Chuck calmly pointed out that there would be only one opportunity to make this spell work. Is the adults tried, and couldn’t succeed, then Monusuol would wreak havoc on Creasy’s Hollow. They couldn’t chance it.

The teens were surprisingly calm all things considered. All five showed a level of maturity that made their parents proud of them. They were no less scared for their offspring, but they were proud.

The plan, as Chuck had said, was simple, but not easy. Monusuol had one weakness the group could exploit.

He loved goat meat.

All of the teens had cringed at the thought of sacrificing a goat to make up for their own mistakes, but there wasn’t much choice. Is Monusuol smelled a goat, he’d come to investigate. It had been along time since the creature had had access to goats, so Chuck was counting on him being careless.

Together everyone had picked a spot on the far side of Creasy’s Lake from town. This time of year, even on a Saturday, the area wouldn’t see much traffic. Most tourists, and even most locals, preferred the higher elevations this time of year because of the color change. Chuck had arranged for a goat that was already slaughtered, since he didn’t want the children to be subjected to that. His request that the blood be preserved had caused a raised eyebrow, but he’d gotten it just the same.

Chuck and Alfred would go and hang the goat from a tree, hopefully just high enough that Monusuol would have to work to get it. The harder he had to work, the less attention he would pay to his surroundings. At least, that was the theory.

Meanwhile the others would split up, taking each side of the lake, and carefully allowing the goat blood to ‘leak’ from syringes onto leaves, rocks, anywhere that would preserve the scent and let the wind carry it. The wind was their one variable. If it wasn’t in their favor, then the whole plan might be shot.

Chuck and Alfred would prepare the ground around the goat for the banishment. Since salt wasn’t needed, there would be no scent to scare the monster away. The advantage of using such an open area was that the

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