Page 104 of Black and White, Twice the Might

“Yeah, but we had fun,” I reply.

“We needed it after having to deal with that nut job,” Xander says, walking in.

“What nut job?” Enoch asks, coming to take some bags from his brother.

“The Cadenbury vicar. A total nutter who said we’re all going to burn in hell because we live in a cursed town and are abominations,” I tell them, walking towards the kitchen.

Xander puts his bags down. “He shouldn’t be preaching anything looking like he did. Can you believe the guy actually had a comb-over? I mean, who has them nowadays?”

“Men of god, obviously,” Enoch comments, putting the bags he is carrying on the kitchen island.

“We ran into Ben and Elliot. I invited Elliot to the family lunch on Sunday. He said if he was still here, he’d come, but that they had somewhere to be. I offered him a bed for the night if he needed one.”

“Good. It’s a shame that he doesn’t live close, the fun we could all have,” Sly adds, putting his bags down.

“Talking of fun, Sal said they were off to the bunker tonight if we want to join them.”

Sly grins. “That would be fun. I’ll message the others about timings and seeing about dropping Xander and Enoch off at the manor.”

“We can stay here,” Xander says, surprising us all.

“We can?” Enoch asks, looking at his brother.

Xander nods. “Yeah. This place is protected by wards from all the true witches; we have protection pendants and the protection rune. Plus, we can stay in our secret room, and I can beat you at all the games.”

“You wish,” Enoch says, but looks at us and nods. “We can stay here.”

I pull them both into hugs. “I am so proud of you both.”

“But you know if Grandpops wants to visit us tonight, he’s very welcome,” Enoch adds.

I’ll message John later and see what he says.

CHAPTER 42

Imessage John and ask if he fancied dropping in, not to babysit, I assure him, but so the boys could show him our new house. Thankfully, John jumped at the chance and arrived just as we were leaving.

I gaspwhen I see the size of the bunker; it’s massive.

“I wasn’t expecting it to be this big,” Elliot says, looking around.

I was surprised when we turned up at the farm to see Elliot waiting for us. Apart from Elliot and the true witches, the Stone brothers are out in force, as well as a lot of the town witches. Most of whom I’ve not met, but everyone assures me they are nice.

“Welcome to the bunker,” Ernest says, walking over to the three of us.

“This is amazing,” Sly says, grinning.

“It really is,” Ernest agrees.

“So, what’s the plan?” Elliot asks.

“The plan is, Sly, Sal, Cal, and I against everyone else,” Justice says, joining us.

I look at him. “Do you ever lose?”

Justice’s grin gets wider. “Not yet.”

“One day,” Ernest mutters.