Chapter 70

MARK

I could hear Mackenzie’s blissful chatter as she told little Victor stories of how she beat me in a race. All I could think of was going straight to Caldor and detaching Ronald’s head from his shoulders. I didn’t mind stepping over his body to get the Crane Lilies, the only plant known to succeed in reversing the effects of fangroot.

“You can’t go alone, Mark. Let me come with you. At least let someone else come with you, Pascal, or anybody Goddamnit!”

She yelled now. Causing me to pause in my actions and regard her calmly.

My phone rang with urgency as I made to silence it. I looked at the screen and saw it was my uncle calling.

Speak of the devil.

“Now’s not a good time, uncle. I’m in the middle of something.” I said coldly to my uncle.

“This can’t wait. And if you wanna save Mackenzie from the Fangroot that has invaded her body for a year, you’ll get yourself to the Dennison manor and we’ll go on a little drive together.” My uncle finished with