Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride

Author:Lish McBride
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Humorous Stories, Horror & Ghost Stories, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 9780805097368
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-09-18T07:00:00+00:00

17

HELLO, IS IT ME YOU’RE LOOKING FOR?

After the meeting and a couple of phone calls, we all left the Tongue & Buckle and headed over to the Den, except for Brid, who’d left early to prepare the pack. We carpooled, making us the oddest entourage in the history of the planet.

It was hard, standing in that clearing, knowing that was the last place Brannoc had been. Everyone from the Council, as well as many unhappy pack members, watched me as I stood there, which made it even harder. Now that we were all here, I wasn’t sure what to do. Ramon stood off to the side with Dessa. He’d talked me into letting him swing by and pick her up. She was a seer like her mom, though I didn’t think she was nearly as sensitive, which would be a good thing in such a charged area. Her mom might be overwhelmed. I’d argued at first, despite this, but Ramon felt she would bring something sorely needed to the table, and I ended up agreeing. So it was all hands on deck.

Some of the wolves weren’t friendly. I could feel their animosity from here. Well, standing and doing nothing wasn’t getting me anywhere. Everyone else was moving. Ariana was walking through the field slowly, touching the occasional patch of grass. Pello was off to the side, talking to a tree. Hopefully, the tree was talking back and Pello wasn’t crazy. Ione was muttering to herself in what I also hoped was a constructive manner. Aengus and Dunaway were talking to Bran, Brid, and the rest of her brothers. The weres appeared shell-shocked. Sean, especially, since I wasn’t used to his face looking so sober.

James stood near me, his arms behind his back, looking very unconcerned. I knew him well enough to know it was an act. He was keeping too close an eye on the pack to really be that nonchalant. True, it was his duty to watch over me, but I liked to think there was some genuine concern there.

Kell stood off to the side, analyzing the crowd as much as the scene. I’d been surprised when he joined us. I kept expecting to see him burst into flames or collapse into ash, or whatever happened to vampires when they encountered sunlight. Instead he stood, somewhat anticlimactically, under a strangely masculine parasol.

Kell sauntered over when he caught me looking. “Nice day,” he said.

“I guess.”

“Confused?”

“On so many levels, I’ve stopped counting. Why aren’t you…” I made a sort of exploding gesture with my hands. “No offense.”

He smiled. “I’m old enough that I can manage the sunlight a little. I don’t like it. We’re nocturnal by nature, and I don’t do well in direct light, but a little sunblock and some shade, and I do all right. Modern science is amazing, don’t you think?” He smiled and twirled his parasol. “You are aware that some of the pack want to string you up, yes?”

“Yes.”

“But you’re here anyway.”

“Yes.” I squinted into the sunlight.

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