It makes sense that his uncle would want someone to keep tabs on Worthington, nothing too peculiar about that, but in a world where information is of great value, I wonder how Worthington could use this to his advantage. Byron Jones would definitely be interested to know first that someone is impersonating him and possibly deliberately trying to frame him. This alone could be enough to seal an alliance between him and Worthington. Obviously the first thing Joes would want to do is find out who would attempt to drive a wedge between Worthington and himself and he could narrow that down to Worthington's uncle easily enough without Worthington having to tell him how he figured it out.

Then there's the matter of this demon... and a rather nasty one at that.... There's a couple different ways to look at this. One question that might pop up is rather this has anything at all to do with Worthington's uncle. On one hand, its definitely not his style but on the other, demons manifesting on the earth would certainly drive people into his congregation so if he is behind this, I would bet on it being through manipulation and nothing direct. Which brings up another possibility... its possible he manipulated someone into summoning demons and murdering random mundanes and left Byron's signature on the guy he manipulated as well, trying to frame him for it so that when the magical community learned it they would destroy Byron and deny Worthington that resource.

Alternatively there's the possibility that the demon summoning is unrelated, in which case I expect we'll be hearing about some vaguer prophecy to the effect that two adepts separated at birth will come together to save the world from a power rising to upset the balance.

Nothing like a double chapter treat over the weekend. Thanks, Dan.

Ok, so demons suck! I'm thinking as well that this demon summoning has to do with Michael's uncle. But the victims are random at this point. No connection to Michael and his friends/family....yet.

I'm thinking Sherlock Holmes was gifted.

Well isn't Jamie the friendly one these days? For him, lover's leap is the distance between two beds.

I'm loving this story.

Conner

Okay... I am a little confused.

When did these murders start?

It seems like a whole chapter got skipped and I am really confused...

Otherwise, the story is wonderful, I love it!

Kurt

No chapter was skipped - it was just DK's method of introducing a new story arch. To move the story along, some things are left for the reader to fill in by deduction.

Yeah... I've gotten used to that but even then I was still a bit confused at the lack of transition.

Ch 17 wasn't as confusing as Ch18 was, but nice update. I also think that Worthington's uncle is behind the demon attack. I'm really interested in how Carl will react after being forced to spend time with Worthington though. If his conditioning is by the uncle...well who knows what he could do. I don't think he is to be trusted.
I loved it when Worthington tells Carl that Jeremy is his boyfriend and Jamie cuts in wanting to be acknowledged as well xD

Dan, another great story!

I think all the clues were pointing to the uncle as the one who faked the signature of the teacher... after all we were recently told that he had taught both Worthington IV and his evil brother... so it seemed to fit. At this point in the story it seems that Worthington V has put roadblocks or befriended everyone who would want to do him harm except the uncle.

Hee Hee, Jamie is acting like a kid with a new toy with the bed hopping.

Steve

Nice...interesting...full of twists...

Just loving every bit of it...

Not the least bothered by the giant time leaps and vacant spaces....gotten used to it...

Very much intrigued about the demon twist.

Very much think that Mike's uncle is behind the fake signature.

Do not think that the demon thing is unrelated...

Tired and satisfied after a full day at school and then reading the two chapters....



The Beastkid