Samhain Resurrected: A Codex Blair Novella by Izzy Shows

Author:Izzy Shows [Shows, Izzy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Tír na nÓg Press
Published: 2017-10-15T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

Time for the Shrine.

I looked at it over my shoulder as I finished with the last house. I'd allowed the foreign spells to work through me at each house instead of trying to get by with the spells that wouldn't fucking stick. That job was done, and the only building left to ward was the Shrine.

I'd left it for last for a reason: the place gave me the heebie-jeebies. But that wasn't fair; it was just a Shrine that happened to contain the soul of a really old and powerful priestess who could apparently pluck people out of random timelines. No reason to be afraid of that, right?

Well, nothing to be done about it. The Shrine had to be fortified the same as the other buildings had been. I crossed the village, hopped the fence, and stared at the door that led into the Shrine. Just for kicks, I tried my regular wards on it, as I had on the houses, but the same thing happened. They just washed off like they were nothing.

With a sigh, I allowed the foreign spells to come forward and work through me again, weaving an intricate web over the door to the Shrine.

"Perfect," I said. "Nothing left to do, then…"

I looked around at the empty village and shivered. It was weird being the only person out and about, and there was still a fair bit of daylight left. I didn't know what I was going to do with myself now that I'd gotten all of my tasks done.

Then intuition struck. I knew I had to go and talk to Moira one last time, although what about, I didn't have the faintest clue. Maybe she would have some advice on anything else I could do to fortify the Shrine against the Dullahan.

I touched a hand to the door and found that it went right through the wards I had woven. I frowned; that didn't seem good.

The wards give way to you, not to any other soul on this earth.

I looked around, eyes wide, but the words hadn't been spoken aloud, and I didn't know where they could have come from. Maybe from the Shrine itself? Maybe Moira had given me the spells I needed to get the job done.

But that didn't explain how the same thing had happened at Tyburn Tree.

I entered the Shrine and laid a hand on the burning orb again, and was immediately transported to the sacred grove where I had first met Moira.

She was standing there as if she'd been waiting for me.

"Hello again, young one," she said. Her words were kind, but she didn't look terribly happy to see me.

"Hey, I was just wondering if there was anything else I could do to fortify the Shrine. I've blockaded the gate and put wards over the entryway, so nothing should be able to get in, but I didn't want to leave any stone unturned, you know?"

She frowned at me. "I am quite sure there is nothing you are capable of. I am perfectly able to take care of myself, as I've said.

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