Attrition of the Gods: Book 1 of the Mystery Thriller series Gods Toys. by P.G. Burns

Author:P.G. Burns
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Innovative Publishing Ltd
Published: 2015-11-12T06:00:00+00:00

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Raphael’s derelict house, thirty seconds after the Protection Squadron officers are slaughtered by their own captain

“We must hurry,” shouts the captain. “Freya pig-face will be back soon.”

Adam and Ember remain frozen in fear and shock. Adam struggles once again to get to his feet. Ember snaps out of her trance enough to help him. He smiles at her groggily.

“Let’s just get out of here, yeah?” he says, distress still clear on his face.

Ember just nods, too scared her words will tremble if she speaks. They follow as the captain runs up an old metal staircase and leads them through a labyrinth of corridors. “Where are we going?” Adam asks as Ember helps him hobble along.

“Out of here. I will explain when we get to the Jeep.”

“No!” Ember declares. “I am not going anywhere with you! Who are you? What has just happened?” Ember is close to hysterics; her head feels like it’s about to explode. What is going on, is this some crazy reality prank show she has stumbled into? Are there hidden cameras? No, she has brain splatter on her clothes and there are dead bodies and blood everywhere. She needs answers before she goes anywhere.

“Why did you just kill all those men? You are one of them, you were about to rape me!” Ember’s eyes narrow as the fear and anger rise again.

The captain stops to turn and look at Adam who looks both terrified and confused at the same time. He asks, “Do you not recognise me, my young grasshopper?”

Adam’s jaw drops. Grasshopper was Raphael’s nickname for him, a name he says originated from the greatest TV series ever made. Adam never asked what this meant but liked the reference to an extinct insect.

“How do you know what Raphael called me?” Not waiting for an answer he leaps at the captain whom he has just witnessed aid in the killing of his mentor and friend, and then who for some reason saved both him and Ember from the Protection Squadron. “You killed him, you shit!” Adam surprises himself as he rains blows down on the man, screaming out loud, “You even stole his jacket, you bastard!”

Raphael laughs, the groggy punches having little effect on him.

“It’s great to know you care so much, grasshopper, but I am not dead. I just body swapped.”

The man restrains Adam then addresses both the youngsters. “If I explain everything to you both, then by the time I am finished we won’t have time to get away. Ember, you can see it’s me, I know you can.”

She nods slowly as she watches the smoky snake dance around his head. Adam opens his mouth to ask her how but a loud scream startles him. All of them recognise Freya Mortensson’s voice.

“Whoa? Already? We’d better go.” Raphael pushes a side door open. “Quick, this way.”

More scared of Freya than this guy, Ember and Adam glance at each other with a resigned look before following him down a set of rickety stairs and out into a courtyard.

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