Literature
Living Stone Fic: Chapter 2
Chapter Two: The Inscription
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Hellboy paced the bishop's office, tethered by a phone cord. He had the phone's base clutched in his right hand and the actual receiver in his left. Kate was on the other end of the line.
"You're certain he said 'court of shades'?" the folklore expert's voice was thin and plagued by static, but Hellboy could still understand her.
Hellboy glanced over at his psychic when she mentioned him. The boy was sprawled in the same position he'd left him in, still unconscious. When Hellboy carried him out of the crypt, John had been shaking and sweating, but he seemed to have settled down. Small tho
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