Ghouls and Grimoires (The Blood Witch Saga Book 4) by Theophilus Monroe

Author:Theophilus Monroe [Monroe, Theophilus]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Willie led us through the Seelie Forest. There weren’t just colorful trees, but gigantic mushrooms that coursed with a kind of magic I’d never touched. I didn’t dare try to tap into it. We were already taking a risk. I didn’t know who this Faerie King was, or why Willie was sure he’d be angry if he helped us, but I got the impression that he was powerful, if not terrifying. If he looked anything like Willie, I wasn’t sure how scary the Faerie King could really be. Willie was sort of cute. He had pointy little ears, a round button nose, and had a body that was the size of a human infant, but without the baby fat. Almost like an ill-proportioned miniature adult.

“Why are we here?” I asked. “Isn’t the grimoire back in the in-between where we were before?”

“Yes, yes. Of course it is. But you can’t go back there where you started. Not unless you think you are a match for the vampire.”

Cain shook his head. “We have to avoid Nico at all costs.”

“At all costs?” I raised an eyebrow. “Everything has a cost.”

“No reason to worry right now,” Willie said. “His Highness doesn’t yet know you are here. Do not touch the mushrooms. He will know if you do.”

“Right,” I huffed. “Stay away from the magic mushrooms. That’s good advice in every realm.”

Cain raised an eyebrow. “Tell me about it.”

I snorted. “You’ve tried magic mushrooms?”

Cain grunted. “I don’t want to talk about it. I had a hippie phase.”

I laughed out loud. “You were a hippie?”

“Like I said, it was a phase.”

“I can’t picture you in tie-dye and bell-bottoms.”

Cain smiled and placed his hands about a foot over his head. “My hair was out to here. What can I say? I’ve always been anti-establishment. Even back in the beginning.”

I giggled. “I went to a Christian school. I know your story. Saying you were anti-establishment is a bit of an understatement, don’t you think?”

“I’m not saying that I reacted the right way. Then again, I didn’t rebel against the authorities in my life by resurrecting an old witch and becoming a vampire.”

“Hey, I didn’t know Moll was going to be such a ho. And I didn’t become a vampire by choice.”

Cain laughed. “I’m not judging you, Hailey. I’m simply saying that it’s one thing to oppose the establishment. It’s another thing to ride the pendulum all the way to the other side. Your response was reasonable. I went too far, and I took my anger out on someone who didn’t deserve it.”

“I’m not sure how killing your brother was an anti-establishment move.”

Cain grinned. “You’re right. It was ninety percent envy and anger. Then again, my brother shed blood. He sacrificed from his flock and his sacrifice was accepted. I offered grain. A part of me thought, well, if it takes shedding a little blood to get your attention, Big Guy in the Sky, then take this!”

“So killing Abel was like giving God the middle finger?”

Cain shrugged. “Sort of.

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