Blood Rites- Chapters 16, 17, & 18

Summary: Hi there, everyone! For those of you who have read these books before, we've finally gotten to a part that I'm sure many of your were excited for: the one with the frozen turkey. <br><br>This is one of those moments where you are just dying to ask Butcher where the hell the idea came into his head. Was this a true freak accident he'd read about somewhere? Did he have a strange dream? Did he read about some kind of bizarre phobia in which people are terrified of being crushed by frozen turkeys? Or did he just sit down and brainstorm some of the most hilarious and unexpected ways someone could be killed? <br><br>There's definitely other stuff happening in this trio of chapters, but you know that's what I had to lead with. I mean, come on. <br><br>Harry and Lara wind up fighting on the same side from here because the being who gets crushed is a vampire of the Black Court, and part of a scourge joined the party and is ready to take out Harry, Lara, and Thomas. Turns out, Mavra can use her underlings as sock puppets, and she's really excited that she's stumbled across all three of them together like this. Not for long, however, because they're all dispatched. But not before Lara is almost eaten up. <br><br>Then comes the trip to Raith Manor, and Harry unexpectedly gets to meet Lord Raith. Oh, shit.