Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 40

"The central part back then was our pack house."

"Which is now a historical museum." Liza finished.

"So that's where I need to go to dissolve the spell. Get me there and I'll be able to fix your people."

"But everyone's looking for us. Would we even get there before someone arrests us?"

"That's why we need a distraction. My first thought was to separate us but that's not safe. So, our best option is for me to summon a demon."

"A what!?"

"Isn't that black magic?"

"Not necessarily."

"What are you summoning?" Axil asked.

"It's a trickster demon. I've read in a book once that they have the ability to take the form of whomever they've been in contact with, apparently tricking kids into going down to hell with them."

"Umm that's not worrying at all." Liza trailed off.

"Don't worry. Once I've summoned it, I have a way of controlling it."

"Isn't it dangerous?" Axil asked.

"If it was anyone else attempting it, there would be potential risks but I'm pretty confident of my abilities. It can start a disturbance at the edge of town, which would attract the officers."

"But if my brother is in charge of them, his first thought would be to send some to check it out and leave some behind just in case of an emergency."

"Then we'll just have to keep them occupied as well."

"How?"

A wicked grin curled up my lips, "set the police station on fire."

Abel sighed heavily as his eyes took in the amount of paperwork that was scattered across his desk. He had tons load of work to do, including finding the slippery bastards that got away from them. He couldn't possibly understand how they did it. The house itself didn't have any exits on the second floor.

He frowned as his chest became heavy, as if uncomfortable with his thoughts itself.

He could never understand why he felt like this. It was like... something was scratching at him to reveal itself and no matter how hard he thought or searched, he couldn't find the cure for his itch.

He sighed and massaged the crease between his brows. His shoulders felt heavy as if this huge burden was weighing down on him.

"And you sir?"

Abel furrowed his brows, unease clenching at his chest as he carefully thought this through. It seemed so easy that he couldn't possibly believe there was nothing more to this. He had to remain cautious.

"I'll stay here with the other squads. We outnumber them already. We don't need the entire department going after just two people."

"Yes sir," Then they hung up the phone.

Abel frowned and gazed down at the papers in front of him, not really focusing at all on the words written on the papers.

His stomach felt queasy and his heart was racing. He wasn't sure why but he felt like something was about to happen. Something big.

His phone rang again.

"Officer Lewis speaking."

"Sir, this is Officer Hayden of squad seven. There's been a bank robbery on Deliware Main. There are hostages in the building, and we need reinforcements."

The feeling of impending danger deepened. Abel quickly directed squad nine to help deal with the issue, hanging up on the phone only for another call to be made.

There's been a shoot out and people were injured...