CHAPTER 24
Elsewhere in the Hollows, in a basement lit only by a circle of colored candles, a human teenage girl was preparing to finally get revenge on the boyfriend who had dumped her. She had found a spell book that would allow her to summon the power she needed, and though she didn't understand everything, she had figured out enough to make the magic work.
As she completed the spell, the candle flames shot several feet in the air and the room filled with smoke. The girl coughed, it made her eyes and throat burn. The text didn't say anything about this. She wondered if she had done something wrong. Within the smoke, she saw something moving, a large, inhuman shape. Red, goat-slitted eyes smoldered. Stumbling back, the wide-eyed and terrified girl realized she had no idea where the stairs were. "W-Who are you?"
"My thanks, Elizabeth Denise Thornton. You made things so much easier."
Al reveled in the girl's screams as he pounced.
THE END
For now