Archangel Chronicles 7 - Shot In the Dark by LaBarthe L. J

Author:LaBarthe L. J. [J., LaBarthe L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“ALL RIGHT, I’ve done as much as I can here,” Riley said. “He’ll need surgery soon, though.”

“Is he unconscious?” Liam asked.

Riley nodded. “Yes. I think it’s for the best. He needs tramadol and you don’t have any of that in your kit. Or morphine, and you don’t have any of that, either.”

Liam shook his head. “No, I’ve got that.” He grabbed the med kit and rummaged in the pockets, pulling out two ampoules. “Here.”

“You’re like James Bond or MacGyver,” Riley said, taking the ampoules. “Yes, I do watch old films and TV with Baxter, before you ask.” He grabbed a syringe out of the med kit and filled it with the contents of one of the ampoules. Then he injected it into Baxter, who let out a snuffling little noise that sounded suspiciously like a snore.

Liam started to laugh. It sounded slightly hysterical to his own ears.

“Of course he snores when he’s out like a light.”

Riley chuckled. “Better that than in agony.”

“Too damn right. God, I want a bottle of whiskey right now, a bottle bigger than my damn head,” Liam said.

“Shush!” Lily hissed.

They froze, and Liam shot Angelique a look, only to be met with one that was full of unhappiness.

“You’ll need to carry Bax,” she whispered, and Liam nodded. She curtly nodded once in return, and then she concentrated, her body changing shape, muscles creaking and bones groaning as she slipped from human to wolf. Liam looked at his brother and saw that Lily and Danny had already made the change as well. Riley shrugged, gave Liam a wry smile, and then he too changed into his wolf.

“You’re on your own with the weaponry, Dec,” Liam said.

Declan nodded. “Can you hear that noise? What’s it sound like to you, Necromancer?”

Liam quirked an eyebrow at him, but listened hard. At first, he wasn’t sure what it was he was listening for, but then he heard it. It was the sound of nails on rock, or claws. As he concentrated, muttering a quick spell under his breath, the sound was joined by another, a chittering noise like the wings of a large fly or a cricket.

“Oh fucking hell no,” Declan breathed, and Liam looked sharply at him. His gaze slid from his brother to the window and through it, he saw what had made Declan react.

It was a thing that resembled a mixture of a crab, a scorpion, and a bear. All topped with a human face. “Fuck,” Liam said. “We need to—”

“A giant bug thing?” Declan was saying, his voice shrill. “Bugs?

What next?”

“Don’t fucking jinx it, dude.” Liam looked over at Angelique. “We know how to get out now—through the window—but we need to get past that thing.”

Angelique nodded. “We need to rip it apart,” she thought to the other wolves. “It won’t be easy. Avoid the pincers and go for the soft part of its belly, that shouldn’t be covered in its shell… thing.”

“We’re really going to do this? Attack a giant bug from the dawn of time?” Danny asked.

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