The Nostradamus Scrolls by Preston William Child

Author:Preston William Child [Child, Preston William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

11

THE BOOK SHOP

Purdue and Julian pulled up in front of the best occult book shop in New Orleans, maybe even in the whole world. He had a good history with the owner, Jean-Luc Gerard, but unfortunately, Jean was the one that introduced him to Mama May.

Mama May sat in the backseat, her arms bound. There was no chance that the frail older lady would have any real chance of escaping from there. Purdue instructed Julian to wait in the car since Purdue wasn't the only one with a history with the book shop's owner, but Julian's history with Jean was much more negative than Purdue's.

David Purdue hadn't seen Jean-Luc Gerard in quite a while, not since Jean declined Purdue's invitation to join the Order of the Black Sun when he first took over leadership of the secret society. He had to at least give him the invitation since Jean was a natural choice for a potential recruit. Purdue already worked with him before, and he knew that Jean could be trusted. They had first become colleagues during a search for a deranged witch's journal of all kinds of nasty spells. Jean was a specialist in the occult. His little book shop full of supernatural text and grimoires was the most authentic in all of New Orleans, an unassuming treasure trove of occult studies tucked away in the French Quarter, shrouded by all of the fake haunted houses and faux psychic lying about reading tea leaves and crystal balls.

Purdue was never very knowledgeable about the history of the stranger things in the world, so Jean's help had been essential when it came to finding the witch Mona Greer's book of shadows. Jean was honest, fair, and didn't mind telling Purdue off at times. They had different ways of looking at the world, but Purdue had grown to like him a lot, especially with what happened after they found the book—back when Julian Corvus nearly destroyed Purdue's life. Jean was caught in the crossfire of that war and had been taken prisoner by Corvus for months.

Throughout his time being imprisoned by the old Order of the Black Sun, Jean never faltered or gave in to his captors. He stayed strong and adamant about being allowed to follow his own path. That was why Purdue couldn't blame Jean when he didn't want to join the Order of the Black Sun. Sure, the whole group was being changed, and Purdue would be in control, but Jean spent enough time caught up in that secret society's business. He just wanted to return to his book shop.

Purdue never questioned that—what he did question was Jean's relationship with Mama May. Jean was the one that initially brought Purdue to her after all. And now, knowing what Mama May was really like, he found himself questioning Jean-Luc Gerard too. Was he part of her betrayal?

Jean was noticeably surprised by Purdue's visit but welcomed him into the occult book shop that he spent his days in. “Purdue? I didn't know you were going to be stopping by.

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