While Todd guided the carriage along the road between the two towns, Nick sat sideways on the bench with one knee resting on it and one arm slung across the back. Heidi was coaching him on the correct incantations needed to perform an exorcism on Snow. Based on the expression Heidi wore whenever he glanced back, she was doubtful Nick would remember it all.
Todd couldn’t help feeling a little smug each time Nick echoed back to Heidi everything she told him. She grumbled and repeated how it’d taken her years to learn the words and all the rituals.
Driving the carriage wasn’t taking up much of Todd’s attention, as there were few other travelers on the road, and he’d gotten into the habit as a teenager of using travel time as thinking time. He’d solved many a problem riding a horse or drivin
