Blood and Treasure_An Urban Fantasy Novel by J. A. Cipriano & Conner Kressley

Author:J. A. Cipriano & Conner Kressley [Cipriano, J. A. & Kressley, Conner]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

19

“You’re being stupid, Roy,” Gary said, staring up at me as I paced back and forth in the back alley that served as the mystical hiding place to what I had come to learn was called The Nest. It had been a few weeks since I returned home and a couple of days since my impromptu trip to the ‘Not Big Easy.’ Still, I felt on edge.

The alley was nothing fancy. It was little more than a dead end covered in trash and graffiti. Though, why the Astra Coven decided it was a smart move to hide a sprawling mansion with a winding staircase leading up to what was basically the new Mt. Olympus was beyond me.

Seemed like they could have put it in a nightclub or a Starbucks, anywhere that didn’t smell like trash really.

They didn’t though. They put it right here, beside the three dumpsters I had been circling for the last two weeks.

“What else is new?” I muttered, my eyes flickering down at Roy. “I told you, I’ve got a job to do. If you don’t want to help me, then by all means, go back inside and fold Abram’s robes again or whatever it is you do around here.”

He pulled to a sharp stop and gasped, his hand racing to his chest in over exaggerated shock. “You know I’m a utility manager!”

“Whatever that means,” I scoffed.

“It means that when shit goes down, I’m there to clean it up,” he answered.

“Then get ready,” I answered, shrugging and continuing what had quickly become my routine pacing. “Because shit’s definitely about to go down, dude.”

“Sure as hell smells like it,” he answered, pinching the flap of skin on his oblong face where a human nose should have been.

“I don’t know why you’re not taking this more seriously,” I said, spreading my hands out wide and glaring at him. “I told you guys what was coming. I told you how serious it was, and what do I get? Practically laughed at.”

“What do you expect, Roy boy?” Gary asked, hopping up onto a ledge so we were on more on an even eye level with each other. “Yeah, there’s some massive nightmare monster coming to kill Renee. So what? Do you have any idea how many things have come to kill that woman in the past seven years? I’ll give you a hint. If you’re thinking the answer is ‘a shit ton,’ you wouldn’t be wrong. Renee can handle herself. She’s Zeus’ daughter. That comes with more than a few tricks up her super glowy sleeves.”

I huffed loudly, as frustrated as I had been since I had returned to this plane of existence. How could Gary, of all people, not understand what I was talking about? We had been through hell together, that imp and me. Now that I was back from the literal Hell with a true blue warning, he was telling me I was taking things too seriously. It was like I didn’t know him at all anymore.

In fact, it was like I didn’t know anything at all anymore.

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