Brothers of Chaos (The Unstoppable Titans Book 1) by Jerry Hart

Author:Jerry Hart [Hart, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: J.W. Star Publications
Published: 2013-12-17T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Chris stared at the dogfish as it swam in its tank. He massaged his temples lightly; a headache was forming. He had taken a few aspirin, but so far they proved ineffective.

Owen was poring over some dream books in the living room, but Chris was taking no notice. He couldn’t stop staring at the hideous—yet oddly cute—creature swimming around in front of him. Was there a nest of these things, and if so, should he go after it and destroy it?

His head started to throb again. All thought was suddenly pushed out of his mind and he couldn’t concentrate. The pain was growing in intensity and everything became nonexistent to him. He moaned.

After a minute, the pain subsided. When Chris was able to focus again, he saw Owen standing on the other side of the tank, apparently talking to him.

“What?” Chris asked.

“I asked if you were okay.”

“No. My head is killing me. I think it might be from the bite.”

“Does Bentley fascinate you?”

“Who’s Bentley?” Chris asked, rubbing his temples.

“The fish. That’s what I named him.”

“Cute,” Chris said sarcastically. “You do know you shouldn’t name him; you’ll just wind up getting attached.”

“Too late; I’ve grown a soft spot for the ugly monster.”

Chris smiled and rubbed his head again. The headache was getting worse. He cast a sideways glance toward Owen.

* * *

A moment later, Owen propped Chris’s feet on to a big fluffy pillow, as Chris got comfortable on the couch. Owen suppressed a laugh and handed him a book, the one about the young wizard. Chris had a confused look on his face.

“What are you doing?” he asked Owen.

“Making you comfortable for your transformation into a hell-beast. You want anything? Pickles with peanut butter? Anything?”

“I’ll save that for when I’m pregnant,” Chris said as he opened the book and started reading. “Seriously, what is this?”

“This is me humoring you. Nothing is going to come of that bite you got from Eric. You’re worrying over nothing. He’s not a vampire!”

“This isn’t ‘humoring’; this is you being an ass. I seriously think something bad is going to happen to me and…” He paused as he thought of Stephanie.

“You two are fine,” Owen said, as if he’d read Chris’s mind. “Maybe Eric and those other guys are the only ones of their kind: freaks of nature, like Bentley. If it were contagious, don’t you think we’d be waist-deep in monsters like them?”

“Maybe, but I don’t think we should jump to any conclusions until we find Eric.”

“Are you talking about capturing him alive?”

“I don’t know,” said Chris. His head was starting to get worse. “I think it’s worth considering, so we can question him.”

Owen didn’t respond, but he looked a little grumpy.

“You don’t agree?” Chris asked.

“It just seems better to kill him and get it over with. Like I said, I don’t think he’s a vampire and, besides, every time they try to capture the monster in the movies, it always winds up escaping and killing everybody.”

“This isn’t a movie,” Chris snapped.

“I know; it would be a very boring movie.

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