There's No Such Thing As Werewolves by S. C. Mitchell

Author:S. C. Mitchell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance demons, urban fantasy romance magic, urban fantasy demon, paranormal romance mature, adult paranormal fantasy books
Publisher: Lake Scrawls Publishing
Published: 2023-09-20T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty minutes later, Nathan Gray was pacing in front of the cage, his brow was creased in concern.

“We’ve had many successful exorcisms. I’ve never seen one revert. The demon should’ve been thrown back to its own world and blocked from reentering Jack. This worries me.”

“I’m not thrilled myself,” the Whargan said.

Anna examined the puzzle. True, Whargan exorcisms were rare, but those that had been done were extensively documented. Nothing she’d ever read in demon lore spoke of this ever happening.

“Jack, are you in complete control?” Nathan asked, “Do you feel the demon in your mind anywhere?”

“Nothing, it’s just me in here. But I can’t figure out how to change back.”

The creature had not snarled or tried to attack her. Yet, clearly it was a Whargan.

“Do you think it’s safe to let him out?” Anna asked Nathan. “Would a protection circle change him back?”

The protective circle in front of the cell door had faded and blurred in the month since the exorcism. Anna doubted it would be complete enough to protect her from a demon, if that was what was in the cell.

Nathan Gray shook his head. “I don’t know. We’re on new ground here. We could try, I suppose.”

The old man stood in front of the cage, rubbing his chin. Long minutes passed, yet Nathan just stood there looking at the Whargan.

Anna gathered up the supplies she’d need to redraw the circle of protection, but Nathan held up a hand to stop her.

“I have a theory,” he said. “If I’m right, I think it will be completely safe to let him out.” There was a twinkle in Nathan’s eye.

Anna could almost hear the gears grinding in his head.

“Jack’s father was possessed by a Whargan before Jack was born,” Nathan said. “Before Jack was conceived.” He began to pace, his hands behind his back. “Because the change is a physical one, unlike some of the other forms of possession, there could’ve been subtle changes in Jack’s father’s DNA that have been passed on to Jack. He could have been born with a predisposition to the change.”

It made sense and it led to another thought occurring to Anna.

“That would have made Jack an easy target for Whargan possession himself,” Anna added.

Nathan smiled and nodded.

“Whargan possessions tend to be short and...well...messy,” Nathan said, “usually ending in the human host being killed after going on a rampage. That Jack’s father lived and reproduced, keeping the demon at bay for so long, is rather unique. Jack may well be the only second-generation Whargan possession ever.”

Following the old wizard’s line of thinking, it was a possibility, yet not something Anna had ever considered. She looked at the Whargan, impatiently pacing back and forth in the cell. Its mannerisms were so like Jack’s.

“So, we’re concluding that Jack may have inherited the ability to change into the Whargan form from his father, well before he was even possessed?”

“Precisely,” the old man said. “And this transformation is just his body doing what it was used to doing when the moon was full.

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