Destruction of Justice by Lawrence Davis

Author:Lawrence Davis [Davis, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WildBlue Press
Published: 2019-09-28T05:00:00+00:00

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Kaycee called down to the cellar through the styrofoam cup from her side of the street to let them know that the proverbial coast was clear. I waited some before heading down, the other two in tow as we navigated the less-than-sturdy stairwell down.

“She still in a coma?”

Xander nodded, though Donovan felt the need to make some kind of pointless correction for accuracy’s sake. It was annoying, and reminded me of myself.

“She’s in a hibernative state to rehabilitate from her wounds, a magical failsafe to ensure her survival.”

“Oh,” I said. “So a coma.”

I cut Donovan off before he had enough air in his lungs to sound off on some more nonsense.

Seriously, I must be so annoying.

“I’ve got to stand in for Gale tonight. She’s being formally charged or something. Both the House of Unet and the Masarou Tribe are going to be there, so we got the whole cast and crew.”

If I hadn’t seen it myself, I would say the look exchanged by the Tinkerer and Doorman was scripted. Hackles up, concern in thickets, and an eye toward the respectfully wrapped yet still comatose Gale.

“Bad? On a scale from one to—”

“Whatever smartass thing you’re going to use as worst case scenario, that one.” Xander’s gruff voice was shaken, whether from fear or fatigue was hard to say, but they were each equally disturbing.

“This is new for them; got it. Well,” I said, sighing out more than just air—I felt my shoulders sink. It was the death rattle of my resolve. “How do we do this?”

“I can go with you, but that’s it.” The Tinkerer stood, the trinket he’d shown me earlier carefully tucked beneath the collar of his shirt. “You’re her stand-in, so I can represent you.”

“And us?” The Monk’s voice startled me, having forgotten the brick-breaking karate-kid was right behind me.

“We’ll talk when we go across the street. We still have to deal with Sam.”

The silence was deafening, and the befuddlement that spurred it came from the name I’d given her. Grove could have helped, but he was directly behind me so as to see what the two beside Gale would say. He probably had a good guess as to what I was going to say. Sarcastic tidbit, piece of actual information, self-deprecating zinger, and so on. I decided if I didn’t die, I was going to go out and try to get some depth and new material.

“The Stalker, guys, her name is Sam. We have to deal with her, she’s the only source I can think of. I mean, it’s obvious as hell, but maybe they just banked on me being an idiot.”

“It’s pretty sure-fire.” Xander snorted entirely without mirth, his shoulders slung as low as mine had been when the gravity of this all had first settled on me.

“You’re a bad checker player about to try your hand at chess against the masters of the game,” Donovan said coolly.

“Out of my depth, Don, just say… Out of your depth. It’s a wonder this thing didn’t just kill her.

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