A Study in Spirits by Byrd Nash

Author:Byrd Nash
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rook and Castle Press
Published: 2020-07-04T16:10:18+00:00

Granite ran down the hall, towards an orange light. With each step, the ground under them shook. It made it hard for Em to keep up with him.

The orange glow turned out to be Jib. The púca was no longer cat-size, but all black panther, flame points spouted from its coat like gas. It was crouched, snarling and growling, in front of Brigit who laid on the floor behind them.

Logan had his back to them. He was yelling something but it was being drowned out by a weird, droning noise like angry hornets.

“Hold on to me,” Granite told Emma. She grabbed his arm just as the stone under their feet heaved. The ripple of the earth tremors caused the large bookshelves to shake, violently rocking the racks back and forth, until the motion caused them to fall.

Emma took a chance and ran to Brigit. “Are you alright?”

“I can’t protect them!” She told Emma, “I’ve been begging them to stop helping us but they won’t listen!”

This close, Em could finally understand Logan’s words: “How to cook rolled oats and old fashioned oatmeal. Fill a pot with one cup of water. Put it on the stove. Make sure the stove is turned on to a medium-high heat. Bring the water to a boil.”

The young man was standing proud, his face grim with concentration, as he faced the dreadful monster in front of them.

“Get the princess to safety,” yowled Jib to Emma. “We cannot hold it much longer.”

Em grabbed Brigit’s arm and pulled her to her feet, the púca’s fire shielding them. The dryad stumbled as they stepped over the books on the floor, and Brigit sobbed an apology to each one.

Logan retreated with them, walking backwards, facing their adversary. He shouted a recipe he knew by heart, something that was all truth, and could not be corrupted: “Add 1/2 a cup of oatmeal to the cup. Bring the oatmeal to simmer and stir often.”

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