Critical Failures VI (Caverns and Creatures Book 6) by Robert Bevan

Author:Robert Bevan [Bevan, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robert Bevan
Published: 2018-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Stacy's insides were still reeling from the pheasant, but she was confident that she'd further fertilized the Fertile Desert as much as she was going to for now. It felt good to be in her own clothes again, especially since the robe she'd borrowed from Darton was now torn into scraps, with about a quarter of it soiled and littering the desert floor. It wasn't her fault he didn't have toilet paper available.

She was folding the remaining scraps and stuffing them into her pockets for later use when a sharp knock on the door startled her.

“Give me a second,” she said. “I'm almost finished.”

“Sorry,” said Julian. “You know I wouldn't normally bother you in the bathroom. I just wanted to make sure you understood the gravity of the situation. We're in the hotel room of a man who just got arrested. The cops, or constables, or whatever they're called here, could be looking for us right now. This room has to be pretty high up on the list of places they'll search for us.”

“I get it. I'll be right out.”

“I know you're not feeling great, but we could find another bathroom. If you could just pinch off what you've –”

Stacy swung the door open, a little disappointed that it missed Julian, who had wisely decided to badger her in the bathroom from slightly to the side of the doorway. But his face looked so embarrassed and remorseful, not to mention kind of goofy now that he was back in that ridiculous serape, that she cut him off before he could apologize any more.

“It's cool. Let's get the hell out of –” Again, she was startled by a knock on the door. Only this time it was more than a mere annoyance, as it was the door leading out to the hallway, and it was clearly not Julian doing the knocking this time.

“They're here!” Julian whispered frantically. “What do we do?”

“Shut up for a second. Let me think.” The seeds of an incredibly stupid idea started to take root in Stacy's head. “Do you have one of those Web spells prepared?”

“I have second level spells available. I could use up one of my – Yes.”

“Follow me into the bedroom and take off your serape.”

“Jesus, Stacy,” said Julian. “Can you turn it off for a few minutes at least? We're in some serious shit!”

Stacy took a deep breath as she dragged Julian by the arm into the bedroom. “I understand that, and I'm trying to get us out of it. I need your serape.” She spoke in a deliberately patient tone, as she realized that she'd kind of walked right into that one. But honestly, how the hell did he imagine the Web spell was supposed to have factored into whatever pre-arrest quickie she'd supposedly had in mind?

“Okay, sorry,” said Julian, taking off his serape. “I'm just kind of freaked out right now, and I'm glad to hear you've got a plan.”

Stacy pulled the duvet off the bed and tossed it aside.

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