“Archmage Haverson—” begins Necromancer Harper.
Steve raises the still glowing hand toward Harper and says “I have two more charges on this. Give me a reason.”
“Whoa, killer!” I say as I place a hand on Steve’s shoulder.
Steve lowers his hand but continues to glare at Harper. “Do not forget I am a Justicar. And tell Haverson not to forget, either.”
With the last of the zombie Thought-Beasts destroyed and the walk over without casualties (or any mundanes seeing anything), everyone starts to disburse from the campground. Lee’s wearing the Jersey Devil t-shirt I bought him at the souvenir stand to replace his zombie-brain splattered shirt. He’s sitting with Houston and Eric on a bench far removed from Steve’s temper-tantrum. Granted, it’s a justified temper-tantrum in my opinion. But it’s still a temper-tantrum.
After making sure Steve leaves the campground without killing anyone, I walk over to my boys.
“So Lee had to save you, huh?” says Houston. “You of all people should know that attractive blondes should never walk through the woods alone.”
“You’re a monster magnet,” adds Eric.
“The only thing he saved me from was the aggravation of putting them down myself,” I say. “I was never in any danger.”
“You could at least pretend I was your hero,” says Lee with a feigned pout. “If it is one thing I’ve learned about male humans, we’re needy that way.”
“He’s got a point, boss,” says Houston. “Society has conditioned us to see ourselves as the hero and get the girl. Who are you to argue with centuries of expectations?”
“What was that you said? You want to walk home?”
“You are a cruel woman, Nancy.”
“And you’re just figuring out?” I motion toward the car. “Let’s get going. I guess we’ll stop at a diner on the way home. Lee, how did you get here? Do you need a ride?”
“I have dad’s car. He let me borrow it today.”
“You want to follow us and have dinner?”
“What do you want, mistress?”
I throw my car keys at Houston. “Lee and I are going to dinner. Alone.”
“What are we supposed to do about dinner?” asks Houston.
“Do I not pay you? I think you can manage without me feeding you for one night.”
“So you guys going somewhere or eating in?” thinks Houston at me.
“Houston,” I think back at him. “Go visit your Aunt Ruth tonight.”
New to the Nancy Werlock’s Diary Series? Catch up with Nancy Werlock’s Diary: Season One and get all seven episodes of the first season plus a bonus short story “Devil in a Blue(ish) Dress”.
Season One Includes the following collections:
Nancy Werlock’s Diary: Dear Diary,
Dear Diary,: Upon learning of her mother's sudden death, Nancy decides to convert one of the last gifts her mother gave her into a personal journal.
Homecoming: While sorting through her mother's business records, a desperate customer asks Nancy to help her banish evil spirits from her home. But when Nancy realizes what is really causing the haunting, she'll need to use a different type of magic to set things right.
The Apprentice: After a close call with a brutish drunk driver, Nancy finds herself the focus of a handsome young man who seems to have accidentally manifested psychic powers. Can she help him learn to control his powers and keep her hands off of him at the same time?
Nancy Werlock’s Diary: Mother Knows Worst
The Inquest: Nancy already has her hands full trying to hold her marriage counseling practice together while keeping her mother's shop open. But now she also has to worry about a friend making unwelcome advances on her new apprentice, gossip-hungry rivals, and a full blown Inquest into the recent activities of the dead but still meddlesome Grande Madame Vivika.
Mother Knows Worst: What happens when a pushy spirit with a knack for erosmancy decides to play Cupid? Let's just say it makes for an awkward working relationship between a demonologist and her apprentice.
Nancy Werlock’s Diary: Karma’s a Witch
The Show Must Go On: It's time for the annual Mullica Hill Summer Arts Festival, and Nancy is expected to run a booth while juggling her mother's shop, a dwindling marriage counseling practice, and trying to stay one step ahead of Houston's dead mother.
Karma's a Witch: Nancy realizes that she can't continue to run both her mother's shop and continue her counseling practice. But before she makes her final decision, she has to tie up a few loose ends while avoiding the temptation to send a gaggle of imps after the person who has been trying to sabotage her practice.
Tag...You're It: Nancy goes on the warpath when Houston disappears while researching information on erosmancy. But this time around she gets a little help from her own mother.
Nancy Werlock’s Diary: Family Affairs
Family Affairs: Nancy’s ongoing issues with her apprentice’s dead mother take a back seat to an escaped demon that falls into her lap (well, actually, falls into the roof of the car in front of her). Now she has to track it down before it jumps into a new body or evolves into a more dangerous species.
The Gremlin: For twelve years, Nancy’s mother had performed “excorisms” for the local Department of Public Works just before the annual Fourth of July fireworks display to provide the workers with peace of mind. When Nancy agreed to continue the tradition, she didn’t expect an actual gremlin to show up.
Nancy Werlock’s Diary: ‘Til Death Do Us Part
Rank and File: Something is killing Justicars, a lemure is still on the loose, and the Nine are still poking their noses into her business. But Nancy’s biggest problem right now is making sure Houston doesn’t embarrass her by failing his Rank Five Trials.
The Lemure: Lee the Lemure isn’t exactly cooperating with Nancy’s plans to capture and banish him. When he shows up at her shop asking to talk, Nancy realizes she may have stumbled across the first unbound demon that feeds its vice by being…nice?
‘Til Death Do Us Part: In a political gambit to counter the still mysterious plots of the Lord Advocate of the Eights of the Nine, Nancy agrees to apply for her Rank Two trials. Unfortunately, the trials involve performing a dangerous binding ritual she isn’t sure she is ready for. More unfortunate, her apprentice has hatched a plot of his own to help her than might make the matter worse.
Nancy Werlock’s Diary: Possession is 9/10th of the Law
Possession is 9/10th of the Law: When Isabel’s sister starts levitating and speaking in tongues during church services, she turns to Nancy for help.
The New Normal: What’s a girl to do when your best friend thinks you are a dominatrix and your demon servitor keeps calling you Mistress in public?
Behind the Curtain: The Inquest into the circumstances of Vivika’s death escalates, and Nancy confronts Houston’s Aunt Ruth over a secret that radically changes everything they thought they knew.
A Bloody Mess: Soul-eating rogue Necromancers may be on the loose in South Jersey, and of course Nancy finds herself right in the middle of the mess.
Nancy Werlock’s Diary: In The Cards
Being Human: Nancy finally confronts Lee regarding what transpired in the barn and triggers an unexpected response out of the demon.
In the Cards: Anastasia’s tarot card readings prove to be uncomfortably accurate when one of Nancy’s regular customers dies shortly after a reading.
A Clean Sweep: The Flugalmorph Agency sends a representative to interview Nancy regarding her Brownie needs; while Houston gets the bright idea that what Nancy really needs to do is take on an arcane exchange student.
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