Potions and Pageants by R K Dreaming

Author:R K Dreaming [Dreaming, R K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

13. The Lord Of Hell

Judge Georgie Little crouched to check Judge Emma’s pulse. He stood up shakily and said in a horribly high-pitched voice, “She’s dead!”

What followed was a tornado of activity. The audience members had not heard this pronouncement, but they realized something was wrong. Those still inside the assembly hall flocked towards the stage, and many of those who had left came rushing back in when they heard something bad had happened.

The curtains were immediately dropped. Beyond it Percy could hear the audience huddled in large groups, talking amongst themselves, their mutterings creating a cacophony within the hall that got worse and worse until Headmistress Glory made an announcement that there had been an accident and could everyone please leave the hall quietly.

No one left. They stayed where they were, determined to find out what was going on. Some of them even tried to climb up the stage stairs to peek behind the curtain, and received sharp admonishments from the headmistress, who resorted to posting teachers to guard the stage.

Even so, word spread that Judge Emma was dead, and several people in the audience gave little screams of shock.

The pageant competitors were all being herded by the teachers off the stage and into the backstage practice room. But a few of them had been close enough to hear Judge Georgie’s shocked outcry, and word spread that Judge Emma was dead.

They were informed by the headmistress that the police were on their way, and everyone was required to stay in the room until the police said they were free to go.

This mention of police led to a few of the girls beginning to weep and others to demand angrily for their parents, so the headmistress permitted all of their parents to join them backstage.

Mrs Delancey hurried off and returned soon afterwards with the parents.

While everyone else huddled with their families, Percy loitered in a corner by herself. She was tired and hungry and she wanted to go home.

She was surprised that Octavia wasn’t in here lording it all up and asking people questions.

Glancing through a window into the corridor Percy caught sight of Lucifer standing outside. He was a little way along the corridor, not near enough to see her wave at him. Anyway, he was busy staring through a doorway that had a view onto the back of the stage.

There was a very odd expression on his face. A mix of hunger and intensity and astonishment, which alarmed Percy very much.

She edged around a group of people, and slipped through a door into the corridor.

“What are you doing?” she demanded when she reached him.

He did not hear her. He was still busy staring through a window at where the dead body of Judge Emma lay. Percy did not follow his gaze. She did not want to see.

She grabbed his arm to get his attention and he jumped, as if shocked by her sudden arrival. When he turned to her his face was full of anger. The look that a tiger might give you if you took away the carcass it had been feeding off.

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