All Hallows' Apocalypse by J.C. Diem

Author:J.C. Diem
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, paranormal romance, dark fantasy, shifters, shapeshifters, werewolves, witch, wizards, vampires, warlocks, fae, magic
Publisher: Seize The Night Agency
Published: 2020-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

OUT OF HABIT, I PATROLLED the neighborhood where Efrem Prager and his son lived. No one was home, but I ran into Yancy and his friend, Henry, when I rounded the corner. The werewolf and werebear sneered at me and moved to block my path. “We don’t want your kind here,” Yancy said. He was all grown up, but he hadn’t learned any manners.

“Night Cursed dogs aren’t welcome in our District,” Henry added. He’d grown a foot taller and he now loomed over me. His hair was dirty blond and his angry eyes were hazel. Yancy was just as ordinary as he’d been when he was a teenager, with brown hair and brown eyes rather than amber.

“He’s the dog, moron,” I said and hiked my thumb at Yancy.

“I’m a werewolf!” Yancy snarled.

“Whatever, dude,” I said insolently.

“You should leave, before something bad happens to you,” Henry said threateningly.

I looked him up and down insultingly. “I’m the Guardian of Nox,” I reminded them. “Bad things happen to people who don’t treat me with the respect I deserve.”

Yancy uttered a harsh laugh that almost sounded like a bark. “Your kind should be locked up where decent citizens don’t have to look at them,” he said.

“Who would work in the hospitals, put out the fires the elemental creatures start and clean the houses of the rich and spoiled?” I pointed out.

“We don’t need Night Cursed scum for that,” the werebear scoffed. “We can look after ourselves.”

I snorted in derision. “I don’t see any universities in Nox where people can learn anything.”

“We have Guildhalls where we learn everything we need to know,” Yancy retorted. “You’re just too stupid to know they exist.”

I did know they existed, but I didn’t know anything about what they were taught. Clearly, none of their lessons covered how to be civil to others. “I have a job to do,” I said, since it didn’t look like they were going to be dumb enough to pick a fight with me this time.

“Patrol somewhere else,” Henry suggested. “We don’t want you in our District anymore.”

“Do you speak for all shifters?” I asked in faux surprise. “I didn’t realize you two turds had risen so high in shifter society.”

They shared an uncertain look, wondering if I remembered them from when they’d been younger and stupider. “No shapeshifters trust your kind,” Yancy said at last. “Now, get out of here before we make you leave.”

I shook my head at his pitiful attempt to frighten me. “Whatever you say, turd,” I said to goad him. He clenched his fists, but Henry put his hand on his shoulder and shook his head warningly. The werebear leaned down to whisper something and his friend grinned in spite.

A carriage pulled over when I stepped over to the curb and I climbed in. It was getting close to dawn, so I decided to end my patrol now and headed home. I glanced out the back window to see another carriage pull up. Yancy and Henry climbed in and it followed in our wake.

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