Chapter 7
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer
The next day at lunchtime Will set out from home towards the Botanic Gardens to meet Xaphania, Mary had already left for work and his mother was out doing the shopping.
Once at the garden he waited for a moment, he felt a chill, turned around and there was Xaphania standing beside him.
"Are you ready?" said Xaphania,
"Yes, do you know the mans address in Jericho?"
"Not exactly, I know the houses number and I know it's beside a river."
"If you know that much why couldn't you find it yourself?" asked will, prompted by Kirjava.
"Because I don't know where Jericho is, it was another angel told me the rest."
Will was satisfied by that, but before they set of he said "In this world they don't have Daemons and angels aren't thought to be real, so you will have to pretend to be my pet, a dog would probably be best."
After a few moments of Xaphania muttering noises of disgust, there was the swirling vortex then there was a golden Labrador by Wills side, at that they set off.
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During the journey the angel seemed agitated and worried, she kept looking behind her stopping every so often and occasionally let out a whimper. Which was unusual because even in dog form the angel could still talk. At one point along the journey, when a group of dogs howled far off in the distance, the angel actually howled and ran into the nearest ally way. Will didn't want to press the angel so accepted this as anxiety, but Kirjava wasn't satisfied.
On nearing Jericho three stray dogs came around the corner, probably looking for food, but at the sight of Xaphania they all started growling, and without warning lunged at her. Will was able to kick one away and the angel was able to fight of the other two on her own.
"Why did they do that?" said Will as the dogs ran off around the corner.
" They must have felt threatened seeing as I am not a true dog."
"Probably… come on then."
On reaching the estate were the man lived Xaphania seemed to relax, but still seemed very edgy… They turned the last corner and there at the end of the road was the river, the angel ran the last bit to the house and waited for Will to catch up. On reaching the house he knocked the door three times, and almost immediately he heard a rustling from inside, then the door opened and there was a man in his sixties with a dazed and ravaged face and scarred sooty hands with a black cat close on his heels.
"Hello, and who are you?" he said on seeing Will, but there was something in his voice that Will couldn't quite place.
"Hi I'm Will, can I come in and talk with you?" He said as polite as he could.
"Yes, yes come on in."
On entering the house Will noticed for the first time that the curtains were drawn and no lights were on…
" I'm sorry for this…"
That was the last thing Will heard before he felt a dizzying blow to the back of the head which caused him too fall to the ground unconscious…
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