Chapter 24
“You can’t just drop by whenever you want,” said Hazel when he got out of the car and crunched toward where she was hanging strands of citrus slices on the trees.
“Sorry,” said Sean, shoving his hands in his pockets. It had gotten colder again and he didn’t look forward to hanging out in this weather in the middle of the night all weekend with Dane. He wanted to put an end to this hodag business for good.
“I hope you decided on joining some other Guild. I’d really rather not have you in mine. If it were my decision…”
“I’m not here for that,” said Sean, glancing away as Hazel’s arms fell back to her sides. “I haven’t decided yet. I…wanted to make a purchase.”
“A purchase.”
“I need something that’ll knock out a hodag,” he said, quickly to get it over with.
Hazel immediately
