CHAPTER 14: EX INFERIS..................
HE OPENED THE VIAL OF pig’s blood he kept in his pocket, having cleverly mixed it with vinegar to avoid congealing. The slightly nauseating smell was nicely covered by the smell of expensive scent; he wrinkled his nose and poured the contents into the toilet bowl. There was a moment of clarity as the toilet water clouded to a dark brown, like a darkness eating up the light. He took long-suffering Liberata – who by now had grown used to being carried out and about all over London – out of his backpack and carefully turned to the ridiculous Pokemon-bookmarked page.
“Ex Inferis Revoco,” he read the first line on the page.
The dark brown of the water surface turned grey then, like thunderclouds parting to reveal the sun, formed an image.
Baxt heard
