Timothy Williams The Infernal Shadow (The Timothy Williams Saga Book 2) by Iestyn Long

Author:Iestyn Long [Long, Iestyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-12T23:00:00+00:00

Emerging from Geoff’s shed, Isabella led Rupert and the girls across the overgrown lawn to the front of Timothy’s house. Unfortunately, the sun and its warmth were hidden behind thick rolling cloud, but at least the air was cool and fresh. In fact, it was so fresh it took their breath away with freezing autumnal gusts blasting from the north.

Rupert’s disappointment regarding the weather ― which living in the British Isles was something he and the populace were accustomed to ― was short-lived, especially when he recalled his pending visit to Burt’s. He grinned. Yet disappointment reared its ugly head once again.

‘Damn and blast!’ cursed Isabella before blurting out a string of harsh-sounding Dutch words that had Sigrid and Gunda blushing and Rupert frowning. She pointed to her van parked beside the curb. ‘Look what they have done to my Mina!’ All four tyres were slashed, the blacked-out windows were smashed and what they found deposited on the driver’s seat was unmentionable. ‘Dirty goblin…’ Isabella left the insult unsaid, but the others understood what she meant and filling in the blanks was all too easy.

‘And look at what is on the outside of the vehicle,’ observed Gunda.

Rupert was surprised by the correct use of both grammar and punctuation. Who would have thought that goblins commanded such an elegant grasp of the English language? ‘Demon hunters are filth.’ ‘Death to the chosen one.’ ‘Williams will die.’ ‘Van Helsing’s heir is a―’ The messages were all neatly scratched into Mina’s paintwork: some on the bonnet, some on the side panels and some on the roof.

‘Oh, no,’ muttered Sigrid with a sigh. ‘Poor Little Blue has not been spared either.’

Susan’s car was tucked away on the far side of the house, and now like Mina, was rendered inoperable. Isabella cursed again. She should have realised this would happen.

‘You would have thought one of the neighbours might have called the police?’ said Rupert. ‘How did they manage to sleep through all this going on? They must all be deaf.’

Discreetly, Isabella nodded to the neighbouring house on the left, number eight, and in particular, the young lady visible through the bay window of her lounge. She cradled a baby in her arms and peered out across the street. And then, Isabella directed Rupert’s gaze to the other side, number ten, where an elderly couple stood staring at them from behind their net curtains.

‘Nosey neighbours. So what?’ said Rupert.

‘Yes,’ replied Isabella, ‘nosey possessed neighbours.’

Rupert shivered.

‘Even now, Lucifer may be watching us through their eyes and if not him, then some other demon. Either way, he’ll know our every move.’ Isabella pondered for a moment. ‘The big shop is off,’ she announced. ‘It appears that we are restricted to walking.’

‘We can walk to Burt’s, can’t we? It’s not that many miles,’ implored Rupert fearing his dream was over.

‘No,’ confirmed Isabella. ‘We walk only to the local shop. Any further is now too dangerous.’

‘You can’t mean Peeks?’ said a dismayed Rupert. ‘We won’t find anything in there, nothing edible anyway.

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