Myths and Gargoyles by Jamie Hawke (interesting books to read in english txt) 📕

I was still one with the house, but couldn’t tell where the voice was coming from. Instead of waiting to find out, I gave them one more round of haunted funhouse-style of attacks and pulled out. The first thing I saw when my vision returned to normal was that I had leveled up. We needed everything we could get, so I assigned points and checked to see my new spells. The screen read:

Level 5 MAGE

Statistics

Strength: 15

Defense:14

Speed: 13

Luck: 10

Charisma: 10

Mana: 450

Recent Spells

Gorffwys (sleep); Frost Footing; Ice Wall; Ice Claw; Frost Bite

As excited as I was to find out how ice claw and frost bite worked, we needed to get our plan into action before it fell apart.

“Go!” I hissed, pulling my cock from their hands and putting it away with much regret. Kordelia let out a heavy sigh, while Ebrill gave me a mock pout.

“Don’t die,” I said as we started to move, “and we’ll have plenty of time for that.”

The idea that two women—gargoyle women, no less—were sad over not being able to play with my dick almost made me laugh. It was so unlike any reality I had ever faced. Then there was Steph, making it three, and we had our own weird background.

But what I said held some truth. We needed to live, or none of that would matter. We needed to succeed, or there would be worse problems.

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The Liahona was wrapped up and tucked safely in my jacket’s inner pocket, and the pocket zipped. We couldn’t leave it behind, because we might need it if we found my aunt and needed to activate it at the last minute.

One hand on the wheel as I steered, I had my screen up trying to make sure I had my new spells down. My hand would try the motion of a claw as I said, “Crafanc” and then I would make a biting motion with my fingers as I said, “Brathu.” Neither was loud enough to make the spells work, but I needed to be ready to cast ice claw and frost bite when the moment came.

Even when I took a break from practicing the spells, driving with the shisa in the middle and two gargoyles in the backseat of the car made it hard to see. When I swerved for the third time, Steph started to get annoyed.

“Focus on what’s ahead, not behind!” she growled.

“I’m sure there’s some sexual joke in there that needs to be said,” I replied with a glance in the rearview mirror, then over at her. As we closed in on our location, tension was high and nobody was smiling. “Come on, this is the moment! We’re making it happen!”

“Honey, babe,” Steph squeezed my leg supportively, “I love that you’re so into killing evil witches, but you’re a bit over the top.”

I laughed, but then noticed in the rearview mirror the way Ebrill was eyeing me. “What?”

“Just… the non-magics called us witches in our time.”

“That bothered you?”

She shook her head. “What bothered me was the fact that there was no differentiation between the good and the evil. Clearly, the evil knew the difference—enough so that they had to attack us. Enough so that we had to all but eradicate them.”

A thump sounded and the car lurched. The shisa growled, alerting me mentally to problems around us.

“All but, with but being the key word there,” I pointed out. “They clearly made a comeback.”

No argument from her there. Instead, she leaned forward and wrapped her arms around me from behind, head on the side of the seat. “When I first met you, I knew you were special.”

“Did the clothes give it away?” Kordelia asked with a playful scoff.

“Maybe. But I mean that I knew he had a large role to play in all of this. I had no idea that he would awaken us in the future and open the gate to Avalon after it was exiled, but… a large role, certainly.”

Steph glanced over, eyes going to Ebrill’s arms around me. As much as she said it didn’t bother her, I had to wonder. Or thought I did, but then she shifted and laid a hand on Ebrill’s arm while staring into her eyes. I had to stay focused on the road as another thud hit the car and then a dark form appeared in front of us, causing me to swerve. We were being pursued, but still had a lead on the enemy.

“Together, right?” Steph said to Ebrill, and I couldn’t help glancing over as her hand moved along the gargoyle’s arm. Ebrill didn’t pull back.

There was something intimate about that touch, and I couldn’t wait to get this fight over with so I could see where it would lead. For now, though, I needed to know what we were up against.

“Fatiha has someone working closely with her,” I said. “A number two. A strong mage, maybe.”

“How do you know?” Kordelia asked.

“I took her magic, when I was back there. The Liahona took it, I should say.” I swerved as a shadow appeared next to the window and suddenly slammed into it, causing the glass to crack. “Shit!” I swerved again as Ebrill lowered her window and cast a protective spell over the car.

“But she has… some magic, right?” Steph asked.

“I think she’s getting some of it back, or maybe whatever she’s using is not actually her, but this second in command? I’m not sure, but there’s definitely someone else involved. My guess is we’ll have to take him or her out.”

“And I’d add that this other is likely protecting the tree from the home base.” Kordelia clicked her tongue, adjusting to try and get a better fit in the awkward position she had to sit in.

“Meaning, we have our work cut out for us.” I clutched the wheel, leaning in to see that the sky was now full of those shadowy forms, darting about above us and trying to hit the car, but held off by an invisible barrier.

“What happens