by Jan Stryvant
His phone started to vibrate then; he'd brought it up here, in case anyone needed him, as he really hadn't told anybody just where he was going.
Picking it up, he answered it. He might as well find out what this new problem was.
"Hello, it's Sean,"
"Sean! Finally!"
Sean bolted upright.
"Mom!"
"Yes, my son! It's me, your mom! I've been so worried about you! Where are you? Are you okay? I've heard some rumors, but, well, I'm not in the US right now, so I don't know how much of what I'm hearing is true."
Sean sighed and smiled, "I'm okay, Mom. Well, as okay as I can be, I guess. Yeah, a lot's happened, and not all of it good."
"Where are you? Are you still in Reno? Did Sampson get to you?"
"Sampson's dead, Mom," Sean said with a painful sigh.
"Oh no! What happened?"
"He saved me, when the Ascendants tried to kidnap me."
"You, you know about them?"
"I know about it all now, Mom. I was badly injured and Sampson was dying, he'd been shot with silver and well, Sampson bit me. I'm a lion now, Mom."
"Oh, Sean, I'm sorry," he heard his mother gasp. "We, I, well...."
"Mom! It's alright, Mom. I'm fine with it. It was the right thing to do."
"Are you sure, Sean?"
"Actually, Mom. Yeah. I kinda like being a lion. Oh, I got the geas removed, so I can practice magic now too, just like dad."
Sean heard his mother gasp, "You remember your father?"
"Yeah, I remember everything now, Mom. Jolene helped me get that all straightened out."
"Jolene? Who's Jolene?"
Sean looked down at Jolene who was smiling up at him.
"She's my second wife, Mom. You'd like her."
"Second wife? Sean! What have you been doing!"
"Being a lion, obviously!" Sean laughed.
"I think I better come home!" he heard his mother chuckle, "Obviously you're not in too much trouble!"
"I don't know, Mom, I'm not so sure how safe it's going to be around here. A lot has happened, and we're pretty much at war with the Vestibulum."
"What? And just how did that happen?" his mother demanded.
"Well, maybe I should start at the beginning...."
Sean spent the next ten minutes bringing his mother up to speed on everything that had happened. When he finished, it was quiet for a moment.
"You still there, Mom?"
"I'm still here. I want to say I'm proud of you for continuing your Father's work. You have no idea how much this would mean to him. How proud of you he would be"
"Thanks, Mom." Sean said, feeling his eyes tear up a little.
"I'm definitely coming back home."
"Mom, I don't think it's safe," he told her again.
"I'm going to bring some family along. I think you might appreciate their help."
"Family?" Sean asked, surprised.
"I'm in Ireland, Sean."
"I didn't know you were Irish, Mom."
"I'm only half Irish, Sean."
"Oh?"
"I'm also half faerie."
Sean stared at the space in front of him in shock.
"You still there, Sean?" his mother asked as Sean sat there and tried to digest that.
"Yeah, Mom. I'm here."
"I'll call you when I get there. It'll be a few days."
"Okay, if you can't find me, go by Steve's shop. He'll know where I am."
"Okay, Hon. Take care of yourself, your mother loves you, always."
"Thanks, Mom."
"Bye."
Sean hung up the phone.
"Why do you look so shell-shocked?" Jolene asked. "I thought you'd be happy to hear from your mother?"
"My mom just told me that she's half faerie."
"Oh?" Jolene looked surprised.
"And she's bringing her family back with her."
"Oh!" Jolene said, looking a little worried now as well.
End Book Four
Afterword and Recommendations
Hi! I'd like to thank you for reading the latest entry in the Sean Valens series: 'Head Down' I hope you enjoyed it, and if you did I would greatly appreciate it if you would rate and review it on Amazon. We do get rewarded by Amazon, when we get four and five star reviews, and of course, the more we get, the more we get rewarded.
What is that reward you ask? Simple: Amazon will show my book to people who they think will enjoy it, like you did.
So please! I'd appreciate it very much if you gave me a good review.
If you find any typo's or 'wrong words' please feel free to email what and where they were to me. Typo's always make it through, no matter how many people I have checking things.
A Book Recommendation: This time around I want to recommend the book of another writer I know that I happened to have liked a lot: 'Super Sales on Super Heroes', by William D. Arand.
https://www.amazon.com/Super-Sales-Heroes-William-Arand-ebook/dp/B072HQF1B6/
If you haven't read it, check it out, you'll probably like it. If you have read it, I believe the sequel is due out any day now (if not already by the time this book is published).
Future Books: If you'd like to read more about the continuing trials of Sean, as he continues to deal with the legacy of his father, and fulfill his father's dream (with the help of course of Roxy, Jolene, Daelyn, and Peg), please buy the next book in the series when it comes out!
Book five: should be out before Christmas. Because of the stuff that crept into book four that was supposed to be in five (hence the extra fifteen thousand works), the originally planned arc may end in book five, which means book six may be the start of the second arc.
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https://www.amazon.com/Jan-Stryvant/e/B06ZY7L62L/
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