The Seeking Serum by Frank L. Cole

Author:Frank L. Cole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Published: 2020-01-06T22:41:21+00:00

This is a bad idea,” Gordy whispered.

“I agree,” Adilene and Sasha said in unison.

“I’m telling you, no one’s in there,” Max answered.

The four of them crouched behind the dumpster in the driveway of Gordy’s old house. The overflowing garbage smelled of rotted banana peels and something deeper than normal decay. The bin had been resting against the side of the house, untouched, for more than a month.

Estelle’s headlamp dimmed as the scooter, no doubt relieved to be free of the heavy load, reversed into the backyard and parked beneath Jessica and Isaac’s jungle gym.

“It just feels too easy.” Gordy could see a pile of junk mail heaped on the doormat. “What if it’s a trap?”

“Then they’ve already waited a long time to spring it,” Sasha said. “My guess is they’ve moved on by now.”

“Exactly.” Max nodded. “I snuck in a couple of days ago, and it was just fine.”

“Why did you go in there again?” Gordy still couldn’t get over how Max had barged in without checking with him first.

“For snacks,” Max replied. “And potions and stuff. But I think your wards have kept everyone way.”

“If the wards are still working, how did Max get in?” Adilene asked.

Max looked baffled for a moment, then shrugged. “I must be impervious to magic spells.”

“Big word, smarty-pants,” Sasha said, snickering.

Max smiled as if he considered Sasha’s jab a compliment.

“My home wards allow certain people in. They always have,” Gordy explained. “Bolter, Grandma and Grandpa Stitser, people from my dad’s work—they’re allowed through. Adilene and Max can come and go whenever they want because they’re friends of the family.”

“There’s that,” Max agreed. “But also my imperviousness.”

“Do you think he’s right, then?” Adilene asked. “Have your wards kept other people away?”

Gordy gnawed on his lip. “I don’t think they can prevent anyone from B.R.E.W. from coming in, unless my mom specifically altered the wards, which I don’t think she did. But they should keep Scourges away.” In theory, at least. Nothing felt certain anymore. Gordy had once believed the home wards to be impenetrable. Boy, had he been wrong. Since Esmeralda’s attack on his house, he had seen wards consumed by bugs more times than he could count.

“And B.R.E.W. would have already gone in by now to perform a search,” Sasha reasoned. “We probably don’t have anything to fear at the moment.”

“That’s what I’ve been saying,” Max blurted. “It’s the safest place around!”

Going to Gordy’s house hadn’t been their first choice, despite Max’s suggestion.

Sasha’s neighborhood had been overrun with Scourges; they couldn’t even drive on the road for fear of being spotted and had to get close to Sasha’s house by climbing over fences. Sasha’s parents had been standing out on the front lawn, acting as if everything was normal. Sasha tried to help them, but her mom told her they were waiting for a taxi because they were going to a big meeting at Kipland Middle, where her father would be getting his job back in a wonderful ceremony. Never mind the fact it was four o’clock in the morning.

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