Mossglow’s expression was filled with intense sadness and shame when he glanced up at me, wringing his little hands together. “Sorry I be, Haruspex. Lilith, she be taking my family and killing them if I not bringing tonight you here.”
Lilith cackled, the sound making me jump in the otherwise penetrating silence. “Stupid little Lutine. Your work is done, be gone.” She took a step towards us, and flicked her index finger away from her thumb, as though she was removing something unpleasant from her skin. A tiny jet black bolt of lightning flew from her index finger with a sound reminiscent of a gunshot, and Emma and I watched in horror when it pierced Mossglow’s chest and he dropped to the ground. His little body remained stationary for a moment or two, his eyes staring unseeing in my direct
