Book Six: Chapter 35

“It is like the emptiness of the Void. I can sense a great nothingness where it sits, yet can both see and touch it.” Cerberus sniffed the air, their eyes glowing. “More demons come. They can sense it. I will hold them off, but stronger ones approach. You cannot stay.” With those words, Cerberus transformed back into a three-headed dog and wandered into the mist.

“Well, fuck me with a stick.” It hadn’t occurred to Lily that Cerberus would ask them to leave. “What do we do now?”

When she got no response, she saw that Death was perusing the user’s manual. On the cover was a picture of a Santa hat, and it had a candy cane spine.

“Ah. Aha!” Death looked up at Lily. “I have found the section of the manual that will allow us to shoot our foes!”

“Wait, what?” She moved by his side and laughed. He was looking at the troubleshooting chapter. “That doesn’t mean actual shooting.”

“It doesn’t?” Death frowned and flipped through the pages. It took him a bit to scan