Home for Horny Monsters Ch. 113

When the flames ended, Cyrus toppled over, Grace still clutched tightly against his body. He felt light-headed, the stars above dancing around in a way that made him nauseous. Grace was motionless, her body tucked into a little ball in his arms. An Arachne's main weakness was fire, it disoriented them by destroying all the fine hairs on their body.

He tried to call the child's name, but couldn't. Something had broken inside of him and it felt like he was floating.

"Fucking old man." Laurel walked around the two of them. She knelt down and looked in Cyrus' eyes, then nodded in approval. When she turned her attention toward Grace, she smirked. "Hopefully there will be enough left of you that--"

Grace unfolded her body so fast that Laurel had no time to react. With immense speed and dexterity, she stuck the fire wand that Cyrus had forgotten to take from her into Laurel's mouth and said a single word. Mana flared down the child's arm, activating the wand.

"Bad."

There was an explosion of fire, followed by a shriek of pain. Then everything went white.

This is the real reason we teach kids not to stick everything in their damned mouths. When I was a kid, I wasn't big on doing it, but did swallow a dime once. I thought I was going to die for about a week because of it.

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~Annabelle Hawthorne