Travels With a Fairytale Monster by Elizabeth Gannon

Author:Elizabeth Gannon [Gannon, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Star Turtle Publishing
Published: 2015-07-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

It had been decided that it would be best to stay the night in town and get a fresh start in the morning. That hadn’t been a unanimous vote, as Dom had pointed out that everyone in town hated them and it would be the first place their pursuers checked for them, but Taylor was so tired she simply didn’t care.

Let them come.

She’d been on the road too long and her life before that hadn’t exactly been a bed of roses anyway.

She was tired and sore and sick of sleeping on the ground.

She had complete faith in Dom’s ability to keep the villagers in line, should it come to that, and they had never seen any evidence of someone following them, no matter what Ransom said. They’d be at the Crossroads tomorrow, which meant it was the perfect time to relax.

Rationally, she knew it was the worst time to relax, but she was too tired to care. She needed to sleep and there were beds here. That was as far as her brain got.

At the moment, she was sitting in what passed for the town’s tavern, a broken-down building with the bar below and a series of rooms above. The row of doorways were visible from the first floor, running along a small landing and balcony area.

She could only assume the layout was designed for prostitution, but again, she was too tired to care.

“So, what do you think?” She asked her brother.

He looked up from his drink. “Sorry?” He sounded confused. “What are we talking about again?”

She made a face at him. “We’re talking about the Magic Wand Thing.”

“The thing we’re not supposed to talk about?”

“That’s the one.” She agreed. “What do you think?”

“Well…” He took a sip of his beverage. “It’s sparkly.”

She swatted at him in annoyance. “That’s not what I mean and you know it.” She leaned forward in her chair. “Do you think there’s any way around it?”

“In what respect?”

“In the respect that is there any way to keep Dom from listening to it?” She whispered, just in case any of the pirates which surrounded them were eavesdropping.

“I have no idea.” He admitted. “I’m not an expert on it.” He brightened. “Hey, why don’t you use it to force Dom to tell you everything about it? That could work.”

She rolled her eyes. “You’re missing the entire point.” She rested her cheek in her palm. “The point is that we need to keep Dom away from it, because it’s controlling him. The last thing we need is to find another way to control him with it.” She shook her head. “No, this is on you and me to solve.”

“Why am I involved in this?” He asked seriously. “I don’t care if he’s controlled or not, I just want to keep him from eating us.”

“Because if you don’t help me, I’m going to keep talking to you about it.” She warned. “And I could get a whole lot more graphic.”

“Eww.” He made a disgusted face. “Let’s never share that much.

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