Demon's Moon: A Celia Winters Novel Book 2 Read Online Free PDF Page B

realized early on a grenade would rip right
through a witch’s wards, much faster than going through a magazine of bullets.”
    She raised an eyebrow, she’d never heard that before.  Of
course, her mother had never really talked much about the war, Fran either.
    “I need to get this window boarded up or something.”
    Ed asked, “Do you have duct tape?”
    She nodded.
    Ed shrugged, “Just tape a bag over it, we can call for an
emergency window replacement in the morning.”
    She nodded, but where was she going to sleep?  The couch was
kind of small for two.  She’d need a new bed tomorrow as well.  Maybe she
should just wait until it was over, or she’d be buying new stuff every night…
    Ed seemed to realize the problem at the same time, “Let’s go
to my house?  I even have a guest room.  We can come back here before you
open?”
    She nodded in agreement and covered the window before they
left.  As they pulled away from the curb her phone went off.  It was Fran and
she got a bad feeling.
    “Hey, what happened?”
    Fran sounded a little frayed on the edges, “We were attacked
tonight, by a vampire.  He just walked in through the wards like he owned the
place, doesn’t make no sense.  He… was after Elaine.  She’s alright, we got
almost everyone to the ritual room, for some reason those wards stopped him. 
It just doesn’t make sense, he shouldn’t have been able to get in at all.”
    She choked out, “Almost?”
    Fran cleared her throat, “Sharon… didn’t make it.  He umm,
drained her in the chaos of the fight.  It was a mess, our spells just seemed
to not affect him at all, even fire was just absorbed.  That’s… not right, a
vampire should have gone up in flames faster than anything.  More of us would
have died, but Berny used her telekinesis against him indirectly, using the
couch, and held him against the wall long enough for us all… the rest of us to
make it.”
    She said softly, “I’m sorry Fran, how do you know he was
after Elaine.”
    Fran’s voice was more fragile than she’d ever heard, “He
taunted her, said she’d been a bad girl and he was here to take her back to
Gerald, but that he’d have plenty of time to play with her and her daughter
first.  I can’t repeat what he actually said, it was vulgar and… sexual in
nature.  Said no one could stop him.  When he was stopped by the circle, he
just smiled, like he was just having fun, and said he’d be back for her later. 
It was… creepy, and his voice sounded wrong.  Then he left.”
    She frowned, “Could it have been a demon Fran?  One
possessing the vampire?  It would explain the magic part, and the passing
through the protection wards.  Only a spell circle against evil like the ones
protecting a ritual room can trap or keep out a demon right?  And even the
binding spells only work if the demon actually agrees to a deal.”
    It was why dealing with Demons was so dangerous, if they
escaped the summoning circle, or somehow got around the deal, a witches magic
was pretty much useless to stop them.
    Fran gasped, “Do you really think Gerald sent a demon here?”
    She wasn’t sure, but it kind of made sense.
    “I can’t say for sure, but it would explain why he waited so
long to try again, he needed the full moon from a couple of nights ago to
summon it.  It’s probably why he put out the contract on Ed and I at the same
time, revenge and a distraction so the demon would have a relatively free hand
here.  Of course, I’m assuming he’s the one that sent assassins, but it’s
looking a lot more likely by the minute.
    “Based on what Elaine has told us about him, I certainly
wouldn’t put it past him to use evil magic like this.  Do you need Ed and I to
come there?”
    Fran asked, “Is that a good idea?”
    She sighed, “Maybe not, I’d be adding assassins to a vampire
demon to what might be attacking.  But then, I’d have a better chance fighting
the demon, since magic won’t work.  My