Book Three: Chapter 93

“Sounds like quite the story.”

“It’s all true, I swear! I just need to help a snake-woman destroy a magic artifact and we can all go home.”

“A snake-woman? You mean that lady who hypnotized me?”

“Yes! She’s one of the good guys, she just has some trust issues on account of my great aunt.”

“You are shit at telling stories.” Beth said, her body relaxing. “The gargoyle bet me fifty bucks that you wouldn’t sound like a mental case.”

“Abella has fifty bucks?”

“Not anymore.” Beth sat on the edge of the bed. “I have no idea how we got to this point, but here we are. Guess I’m a shit estate agent.”

“How do you figure?”

Beth leaned across the bed, inspecting something. “Somehow, a house full of monsters slipped by me. It’s one of those disclosures I should have mentioned.” Beth touched a green toe that had slipped out from under the blanket. Tink immediately pulled her leg back under the cover and growled. “I want to be mad at you for getting m