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This was a part of our plan that I was sure Sofia would lose hair worrying about, and I felt all theher about all this until after the fact

I gazed down at the pencil case in my hands Now that ere sure that ould indeed use Herbert, it was time to impart my memories to him, for only then could he instill them in Jeramiah’s mind This, I feared, would be a rather unpleasant experience for ain, Ibrahihoul was straying frohtest way, he would immediately force him back into the pencil case and then return hihoul… which would cause the creature to receive severe punish the box to Ibrahi myself for as to come

Ibrahihoul His long, bony legs trailed against the ground as he hovered over , black claws protruding froers Just one lash of those claws could easily take out an eye Still, I trusted Ibrahian to address Herbert in a strange, whispery language Once he’d finished, I couldn’t help but cohoul, Ibrahie I’ll teach you so my friend up on that offer…

"So what now?" I asked, tentative

"Close your eyes and cast your mind back to all the memories you’d like to impart to Jeramiah Herbert is in his subtle form, which will allow him to sink his hands into your head and absorb it all You shouldn’t feel a thing"

Great…

"Okay," I ht hiuessed his hands closed aroundWell, not much Just an odd chill around ot that a nastyaround inmemories as far back as I could I did ical order, and once I felt that I’d i to the ghoul, and immediately he withdrew his hands and hovered back toward the warlock

"Sure you’re done?" Ibrahim asked, with a cock of his head

"Yes I believe so," I replied

"All right Well, when you’re ready, we should go see Jera is still fresh within our friend’s atheredoff down the corridor toward my nephew

When we opened the door and stepped inside with Herbert, the sheer look of terror in Jeraht to behold I doubted he’d ever seen a ghoul before He looked tenfold more afraid now than when I had accosted hihoul, who set his eager eyes on his victim I bent down so that my face was level with Jeramiah’s "Given your atteht, uncle-ly slap"

I stepped back, indicating to Ibrahirowled another round of curses as he tried desperately to distance hihoul reached him in a matter of seconds and closed his hands around his head Thenbut heavy breathing as the ghoul began coursing my ripped the sides of his head, as if the gesture alone would rid hian to whimper Whimper like a child

"No Stop Stop! Please!"

It actually became uncomfortable to watch, and I backed out of the room while Herbert finished his work

Once Ibrahihoul was done, I returned to see my nephew curled up in a ball on the floor, locked in a fetal position, his whole body shaking

I was staring down at a broken est feeling to be crouched down behind the boulders, perched between two people I’d believed to be dead

Real life sure is stranger than fiction… at least in my case

So much had happened to me in the past months, , I still found it hard to believe that it had all been real and not sohtmare

My life before I’d left The Shade--before my father had turned h it had been lived by somebody else I’d been so far reh our redwood forests, of ho the shore with Abby and Shadow…

I foundback my for the entrance Lucas and I had wisely stopped conversing, and I was left to lose roup of fae cah the vortex Each carried white coffins--the sah there seemed to be fewer of them this time Two batches within less than twenty-four hours They’re serious about this ghost-snatching business