The Spook’s Revenge: book 13 (Spooks)
“I was jotting down information about the new sword in my notebook; he was updating his Bestiary.
I’d told him about Grimalkin’s gift, but he had made no comment. I knew why. It might ward off dark magic, but magic had also been used to create it. He would never fully come to terms with that.
He caught my eye and gave me a sad smile. And in that second I changed my mind.
Sometimes we don’t make decisions as a result of careful reflection and a step-by-step process of logical thought. It is as if... something deep within the mind has been considering a problem, and suddenly makes a decision which we accept.
I’d said I wouldn’t risk my brother James, but suddenly I realized that something far greater than an individual life was at stake here. I was willing to lay my own life on the line. Shouldn’t I at least go and give James that option? After all, he had been a formidable figure, leading the charge against the witches during the battle on Pendle Hill.
‘I’ll visit the farm and ask James if he’ll join us,’ I said to the Spook.MoreLess
I’d told him about Grimalkin’s gift, but he had made no comment. I knew why. It might ward off dark magic, but magic had also been used to create it. He would never fully come to terms with that.
He caught my eye and gave me a sad smile. And in that second I changed my mind.
Sometimes we don’t make decisions as a result of careful reflection and a step-by-step process of logical thought. It is as if... something deep within the mind has been considering a problem, and suddenly makes a decision which we accept.
I’d said I wouldn’t risk my brother James, but suddenly I realized that something far greater than an individual life was at stake here. I was willing to lay my own life on the line. Shouldn’t I at least go and give James that option? After all, he had been a formidable figure, leading the charge against the witches during the battle on Pendle Hill.
‘I’ll visit the farm and ask James if he’ll join us,’ I said to the Spook.MoreLess
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