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Authors: Catherine Cavendish
“I reckon we’ll bag ourselves a bargain at that auction. She had some good stuff here—ornaments and so on. It all comes with the house, so we’ll make a tidy sum out of that alone. There’s no reserve on this place. I mean, who else would want it in this condition?”
Good old Neil, still counting the cost and calculating the profit.
The estate agent has finished his cigarette.
“Have you seen all you want to see?”
Neil takes a long, hard look around the hall. He hasn’t moved into any of the rooms. Heather has been running from the kitchen to the living room, dining room, library, and is on the third stair. But she does what she’s told, that one.
“Oh yes,” Neil says. “We’ve seen everything we need to see. Come along, Heather.”
The estate agent leads the way out, followed by the girl. Neil brings up the rear. The others have gone slightly ahead. He pauses at the door and turns around.
From far away, a piano begins to play the song I had hoped never to hear again. My friends lay their spirit hands on my shoulders—their touch impossibly warm and gentle.
Neil looks straight at me. A moment of panic. Can he
see
me?
A smile creeps over his face and his eyes flash a red flame that sends me reeling. “I’ll bring them back.”
He closes the door.
I hear it at the same time as the others. A sigh, running through the entire fabric of the house.
Hargest has heard him.
And his master is hungry.
About the Author
Catherine Cavendish lives with a longsuffering husband in North Wales. Her home is in a building dating back to the mid-18th century, which is haunted by a friendly ghost, who announces her presence by footsteps, switching lights on and strange phenomena involving the washing machine and the TV. Cat has written a number of published novellas, short stories and novels.
The Devil’s Serenade
is her fifth work for Samhain. When not slaving over a hot computer, she enjoys wandering around Neolithic stone circles and visiting old haunted houses.
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The Devil’s Serenade
Copyright © 2016 by Catherine Cavendish
ISBN: 978-1-61923-260-0
Edited by Tera Cuskaden
Cover by Scott Carpenter
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electronic publication: April 2016
