In the Forests of the Night
“He was standing on the sidewalk in front of the house, looking up, as if the sluagh might still be clinging under the eaves in the morning light. "No one's dying, and no one's alone. This home should be safe from the likes of you." Teagan stood beside him, but she had no idea what she was looking for. Abby had gone to school already. Mamieo was getting ready to walk to the elementary school with Aiden. Finn and Teagan would walk halfway with them, to the stop where Tea caught the bus to work. M...r. Wylltson and Thomas were in the kitchen arguing about the literary influences of Shakespeare, while Roisin and Grendal had a late breakfast. No one had slept much the night before.
"I can't believe it was a Fir Bolg," Teagan said.
"It wasn't," Finn said. "No more than Fear Doirich is an aingeal. Any creature can walk away from what it was meant to be." "Did it come out of Mag Mell?" "No," Finn said. "The sluagh live here, in the sewers. It most likely came up through that"—he pointed at a storm drain in the street—"and went back down it as well." Aiden stepped out the door clutching the old purse he had confiscated from the dress-up trunk so he could have a kit like Finn's.MoreLess
"I can't believe it was a Fir Bolg," Teagan said.
"It wasn't," Finn said. "No more than Fear Doirich is an aingeal. Any creature can walk away from what it was meant to be." "Did it come out of Mag Mell?" "No," Finn said. "The sluagh live here, in the sewers. It most likely came up through that"—he pointed at a storm drain in the street—"and went back down it as well." Aiden stepped out the door clutching the old purse he had confiscated from the dress-up trunk so he could have a kit like Finn's.MoreLess
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