Page 28 of Their Darkest Needs

Keeping the annoyance at bay I open the bag to see what’s inside. There’s salt, garlic, some whitish, see-through and blackcrystals, white and black candles, and some old rusty dagger. Don’t tell me this is what’s going to solve this whole mess. Does he seriously think we can kill an undead-demon-thing with salt and garlic? It’s not a goddamn vampire.

“Is this a joke?” I ask him, slightly angry. Okay, I’m more than slightly angry now, but I gotta keep my head cool for the time being.

“We have to trap it in a salt circle first, the protective candles and crystals will be around it to make sure it can’t escape, and as for the knife, it’s the one I used at my aunt's home. I don’t know if it will work here but it might do something.”

I frown at him. He’s explained almost everything but two things. “What about the garlic? And what will we actually do once it’s trapped?” I guess the protective circle might work, if not we’ll be very fucked though.

“The garlic is so our scent is masked, and it will only notice Taylor, but not us. And we are going to get that thing out of her body into this vial. He holds up a tiny pot with a cork on it. Is he joking? This isn’t really going to trap it, is it?Right?

I stare at him, hoping that at some point he says “just kidding”, but it’s not coming, and the worries I thought I had before just unfolded.

“Are you serious right now? Like for real, for real?” Felix looks at me like I just insulted him and grabs the bag out of my hands.

“If you don’t want my help, you can just figure it out on your own.” Well, what do I have to lose? Except for, of course, my or Taylor’s life. I can’t believe I’m actually going to agree to this.

“No, I guess we can do your weird garlic trap plan.” Felix smiles at that.

“Well then, make them go somewhere else so I can make the house ready.” I raise my eyebrows at him in bewilderment. Where the fuck am I supposed to take my crazy possessed wifeand her walking-dead-friend? I can’t just go and take them shopping.

“Where could I possibly take them?”

“You’ll figure it out.” He blatantly states. Well fuck, that’s just really bloody helpful. He doesn’t say more in answer and just points at the door. I guess we'll go out for a walk in the forest then.

Iwait till they both get out of here. I’m worried how all of this will play out, but ever since the incident at my aunt’s place, Evy started going to these medium sessions. Of course, at first I had my doubts about it, most of the time those people are scammers, but everything she said had always been head-on, and with what we went through, what I saw, I just don’t doubt this stuff anymore.

The first thing I did when getting in the car was call Chloe and ask for advice.

She told me the best ways to get rid of it and would write on paper what I needed to say and do, and that I had to follow it by the letter.

Ryan isn’t fully believing it, which I guess is fair enough, but at some point, he’s going to need to get his head out of his ass and take all of this seriously before it’s too late.

I start to make a huge circle in the middle of the living room in salt, hoping that way it would be less obvious. All I need it to do is walk in there.

Chloe also gave me something called ‘moonwater’, whatever that is, and told me to rub it over all the doors and windows; any way of entrance to the room needs to have it.

I place the crystals behind the TV stand and on bookshelves in a white-black-white order—always in the order of three—hoping it won't notice all of this.

My phone goes off, making me jump up. I usually am never this nervous, but I guess this whole thing is too close to home, and the last thing I need is that thing following me home and hurting Evy.

“Hey Felix, I had a feeling you were going to need my advice.” Ah, Chloe. This better not be her telling me we're all going to die.

“What is it, Chloe? I’m kind of busy." Am I being a jerk right now? Yes, I am. Do I care? No, I don’t. I need to do this stupid setup on my own, and I am stressed enough with the whole situation. And her calling is almost never a good sign.

“Did you put the moonwater on any entry and exit place of the room?” Is she kidding me right now?

“Yes, Chloe, it’s all nice and wet there.” I can hear her humming on the other side of the line. What is going on with her now?

“Well, something isn’t right. What about the crystals? Are they in the right order?” Her line of questioning is definitely not helping with the stress I’ve been having so far.

“Yeah, one white, one black, and one white again, what isn’t right?” There’s a pause on the other side. “Chloe?” I can hear some shuffling like she’s looking for something.

“Ah! Felix, those tokens I made, where are they?” Oh, crap they’re still in the car!

I run over to the car quickly to pick up the little bag of whatever it is she put inside and place it in my pants pocket, and quickly run back to the house.

“I got it!” I tell her once I’m back in the living room.

“You're welcome!” She sing-songs to me before closing the line. Well, I can’t lie, she really is impressive. I forgot to give Ryan his and Taylor’s token so once we have her locked in this room, I’ll just give it to them. Maybe by then, Taylor will also be thinking more clearly about all of this.

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