Mack's Rousing Ghoulish Highland Adventure by AJ Sherwood & AJ Sherwood

Author:AJ Sherwood & AJ Sherwood [Sherwood, AJ & Sherwood, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction
Publisher: Rancounteur House
Published: 2021-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

We were quick to join everyone else down in our makeshift base room at the back of the inn. I felt a twinge now and again from my ass, which was to be expected after just making love with Mack. I liked the physical reminder of it even as my brain was shifting gears back into work mode.

Mack was right behind me. He stayed in that position a lot in this inn, letting me act as trailblazer as I went right through the ghosts. Of course I did, I couldn’t even sense them. It was easier for him to move if I went first.

When we arrived in the room, I found that everyone else was already there. Someone had their laptop set up on the table, stacked on top of four books to give it some height, with everyone crowded in front of it like kids all watching Saturday morning cartoons. I joined the back since I could easily see over everyone else’s heads.

On the screen were three faces, none of which I knew. From left to right, there was a man with greying hair in a comb-over, an NCA windbreaker on, and he was clearly out in the field somewhere. The second was a woman who looked forties at most, brown hair pulled back into a sensible bun and a red cardigan on, looking every inch the intellectual type. A professor was my guess. Last was a man with bulldog cheeks, wiry black hair touched with grey at the temples, and square black glasses perched on his nose. Also a professor, unless I missed my mark.

Graeme handled the introductions. “This be Craig McCall, Dr. Elspeth McCloud, a mythology professor at University of Edinburgh, and Dr. Hamish Henderson, our demonology consultant. Everyone, thank ye for this. We’re at our wits’ end here. Ye’ve been informed what we’re up against?”

“A sluagh,” Dr. McCloud said in a whisky-rich tone. Radio DJs would kill to have her voice. “I’ve reviewed the testimonial and the information ye’ve sent me, and I have to agree, that’s likely what this is. Nothin’ else in Scottish mythology flies and eats souls like this.”

I wasn’t sure if I liked having that confirmed. On the one hand, yay, we had an answer and knew what we were up against. On the other hand, this world had flying creatures that liked to eat souls. Hard pass on that. Seriously. I did not want that thing to be real.

“We’re taking bets on whether this thing is pure mythology or is considered a demon.” Eli gestured to the outside. “I did some Googling on it, and I understand it started out as one thing, and then grew into another.”

Dr. Henderson cleared his throat. “Ye’re quite correct. It originally was Scottish lore and was adapted to Christianity later. Its purpose changed from causin’ sickness in healthy individuals before devourin’ their souls, to visitin’ sinners and turnin’ them sick before devourin’ their souls. As ye may or may not know, the power of belief can heavily influence creatures like this.

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