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“Dinner?” Vale whispered, but his trembling body and reaching hands gave away that he had no desire to stop what they were doing to prepare a meal together right now.

“Fuck dinner,” Jason muttered darkly. “I’m going to eat you instead.”

“Oh, darling, you say the sweetest things.”

I walk down the hill, and when I come to the house, I immediately set up the path. Will’s footsteps come to a stop behind me, his big hand landing on my arm. He drags me behind a bush. “What are you doing?”

I snap. “Hmm, let me see. How about not marching up to the front door and asking the serial killer to let us in for a visit? How about doing a subtle recce first?”

I nod. “That’s actually not a bad idea.”

Best one yet!! 🥰😱🥰

Tugging on a pair of pants, I opened it. Sugar was on the other side, her apron stained a rainbow of colors & charred around the edges.

“So, I’m not saying we need to call the fire department, but maybe there’s some other emergency service we could call like the Small Kitchen Fire But It’s Out department? Is that a thing?”

“Yeah,” I said. “That’s a department. It’s called takeout. You pick the menu.”

“Any message?”

He hesitates, and for a wild second, I think he’s going to actually say something. I hold my breath, as his mouth opens and closes. My breath leaves me in a shocked grunt as black blood suddenly begins to ooze from his eye sockets. It drips down his wrinkled cheeks in gruesome streams as his mouth opens in a silent scream.

“What the fuck?”

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"No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.”

Lovin' this one so far! 😁

“Shehyn is the head because she is a marvelous teacher, and because her understanding of the Lethani is deep. She is the head because she is wise in the ways of the world, and because she is clever at dealing with troublesome problems. She is also an excellent fighter, of course. We would not have a leader who could not fight. Shehyn’s Ketan is without equal. But a leader is not a muscle. A leader is a mind.”

“Bingo.” I smile as I look back at Sam. “Is there more in there?”

“See for yourself.” He steps aside and opens another box. Before long, all three of us are pulling out all kinds of documentation, including things in the names of all of XXXX XXXX’s former identities and a few we didn’t know about.

“It’s like an archive,” Maddie muses. “I do appreciate a serial killer that keeps meticulous records.”

Well, we've finally finished our dull trip through the woods and faerieland. Now it's getting somewhat interesting again with this "Luke Skywalker learning the ways of The Force from Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi" copycat subplot. 😁