Sharma invited Mortimer to have dinner with his family that night, but Mortimer politely declined the offer. Now that he knew Agares was involved, he needed to get to the bottom of it all. Staying in Vermont any longer, was just going to be a waste of time.
The demon Agares wasn't as destructive as his other compatriots, but he was a great manipulator. He had connections in all the 4 different realms. He wasn't the type of demon to get his own hands dirty when he could simply pull the strings from above and make others do the work for him. Mortimer felt certain that the Snow Hag wasn't the only monster Agares had reached out to. Even in the past, he had made such shady dealings with mortals. As to what Agares planned on doing with the souls, it was still a mystery.
When Mortimer was ab
