A Curse Upon Thee 2-29A

The space behind Granny’s Diner may have smelled like wet cardboard and smoke, but it couldn’t do a damn thing to distract him from the cherry gloss on Ruby’s lips. Hell, it was so much of an improvement nothing else even mattered.  Her back pressed up against the damp brick of the diner in the…

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“The hell was that?” Finn blinked down at her as Emma screamed the words back up at him, his boss’s voice sharp, frantic, and edged deep with way more confusion than anything close to actual panic.  Which — honestly — was fair enough.  My fault, boss lady. Considering he literally just Batman-ed his way out…

Wrought iron was strong… But not that strong. Not against the raw power that was Cursed Energy, at least. The gate shrieked against hinges frozen stiff, the noise high and teeth-rattling as Finn pushed the rusted barrier aside. It only took seconds of effort, molars set tight and red sneakers firm on cracked pavement, until…

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“Too tight…” The hiss left one Ruby Lucas, the girl’s rasp even lower and rougher than usual.  From what he’d been told, it had to do with the full moon and the ‘nature of the wolf’ being closer to the surface than normal. The instinct to say that it might have just been the stress…