The Demon Catchers Of Milan #2: The Halcyon Bird (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
The first match went out, but the second took, and Nonno Giuliano nodded at the tiny flame like an old friend. The man on the floor lay perfectly still, his eyes on the ceiling, in the middle of a rug full of shattered glass, his head twisted at a frightening angle. My cousin Emilio watched the candle take fire, then opened a palm-size notebook and began to read. The man on the floor chuckled as the thing inside him stirred. Beside Nonno, my cousin Anna Maria held a hand mirror. She waited like a guard, her eyes on the man on the floor. The man turned his head, slowly, from one awkward angle to another. I could hear the bones in his neck grinding. He seemed to be listening to Emilio, but it was hard to tell. In the dim light, we could see his face, being molded like putty from the inside. Emilio paused at the end of the page and looked at Giuliano. His grandfather lifted his hand. “Bell,” he said. My cousin Francesco was holding the bell. It was his own, a miniature beaten brass bell from Guatemala that hung from a bright strip of fabric.
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