Book Four: Chapter 164

The others bade him farewell as he picked up the backpack he had prepared for this trip. When he made it down the hill to the gate, Beth was waiting to see him off.

“Good luck,” she told him. “Sorry I couldn’t find out more about the geas, or your contract with the queen.”

He smiled. “Learning about Samhain was more than enough. I’m leaving you in charge. Make sure Tink brushes her teeth, and no parties. It is Halloween, after all.”

She laughed. “Do you suppose we should let her go trick or treating? She could pass for a kid in a costume.”

“If you can get her to actually wear underwear, then maybe.” He looked up the hill at Tink, who was busy with a giant spool of electrical cable. She was almost done rewiring the house, but the large industrial spool of wire she had ordered by accident had been way more than she needed. She was using it as a spare table now, and he couldn’t help noticing that she kept it pretty far from the edge of the roof. “But I did see t