All Wrapped Up by JA Cipriano

Author:JA Cipriano [Cipriano, JA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Goodreads: 31918306
Published: 2016-08-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

As we approached Imhotep’s obsidian pyramid, an arc of scarlet energy exploded from the side, reducing over half of it to cinders in the space of a heartbeat. We jerked to a stop in midair as Horus pulled us up short, his falcon eyes wide in shock. The roar of a lioness ripped through the air, setting my nerves on edge.

Horus dropped into a sudden dive, and released our hands moments before he slammed down inside the structure like a comet of emerald fire. I, unlike the magical flying god, crashed into the stone hard enough to knock my breath from my lungs. I lay there, fingers gripping the ragged edges of the slick black stone and struggled to ignore the tweety birds flapping around my head.

Beside me, Khufu was in a similar state of shock, though by his movements, I could tell things inside his body hadn’t been broken. That was good, I guessed. He tossed me a pained smile and dropped through the hole beneath us. I watched his body disappear into the gloom just before the place lit up with emerald light.

Spots danced before my eyes, and as I shielded my face with my hand, Horus burst through the stone inches from my head. His smoking body careened through the air before slamming to the ground behind me. He lay there twitching on the sand as his falcon head faded away, leaving him looking like a bloody, battered teenager with short cropped golden hair and sickly green eyes that stared off into the distance, uncomprehending.

I shut my eyes and sucked in a deep breath before dropping down into the hole below me to confront whatever had just beaten up a god in the space of a second even though I probably had no chance whatsoever. Hey, I didn’t say it was my best idea ever.

I hit the ground in wolf-man form and looked around, my eyes bringing the darkness into focus, though it didn’t matter because there wasn’t much to see. Serpentine shapes bobbed and weaved in the shadows, strangely substantial, and yet, not. A scream to my left shocked me back into motion, and I tore my eyes away from the shadows to see Imhotep lumbering toward Sekhmet. She lay bleeding and broken beside the remains of the bed. Her collar glowed like star fire. Golden sparks shot from it as her very essence disintegrated into swirling golden mist that swept through the air toward Imhotep’s outstretched hand.

She got slowly to her feet, golden god-blood dripping from her mouth and took a menacing step toward the priest. It was then I realized she was naked… sort of. Instead of wearing clothing, her body was covered with fur that, while keeping her from looking like a naked super model, did little to hide her assets from my imagination. My cheeks turned bright red as I fought the urge to look away. As I sat there dumbfounded, Imhotep blasted her in the chest with a gout of flame.

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