Fire Serpent (The Sentinels Book 4) by David J. Normoyle

Author:David J. Normoyle [Normoyle, David J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-29T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Thursday 18:25

I descended from the roof Persia and, following Jo’s instructions, took the long way round in getting to the other end of Verge Tower, wanting to avoid any further surprises. The alleyway leading up to this second entrance had been deserted. Jo had checked the CCTV footage, and no one was inside waiting for us. She buzzed the door open.

I grabbed the door handle, then I hesitated.

Persia looked one way, then the other. “What is it?” she asked. “What’s the problem?”

“Are we sure about this?”

She raised her eyebrows. “Now you get cold feet?”

I asked what had been on my mind as we’d silently navigated the empty streets doing a wide loop around Verge Tower. “What are Holliday and the Sentinel Order doing here? They seem to be intending to break in at the exact same time and place we are.” Holliday had mentioned to me that events in Lusteer were heating up and that he would be coming here soon.

Persia shrugged. “The same as us, I guess. They know that the dragon is often asleep but is more vulnerable when awake. Or perhaps they have come to kneel before the dragon’s power.”

I shook my head. “The Sentinel Order are no friends to Duffy or any other shade. Could we step aside and let them fight it out?”

“A coward can always come up with some excuse to run away.” Persia pushed me aside and opened the door. “I’m going in. Up to you whether you come with me.”

She walked inside and let the door swing closed behind her. I sighed, then I followed her.

“Using elevators is too risky,” Jo said. “Take the back stairs.”

Richard Sulle and Jo would have heard the argument over the radio, but they said nothing. I guessed that they would have spoken up if they intended to take my side, so I didn’t push for their opinion. Possibly, Sulle wouldn’t get the helicopter in the air, or the Order would Duffy attack before Persia and I revealed ourselves and we could sneak out the way we had come.

The back stairs were narrow and steep with only intermittent lighting. Climbing floor after floor of stairs quickly became interminable. Persia was leading—because of course she was—and it wasn’t long before I detected signs of her fatigue, though she tried to hide them. I wanted to offer to carry the heavy backpack, but I suspected she’d consider the offer to be an insult.

Exit at the next floor, a voice inside my head said.

I slowed. A moment later, Jo’s voice came through the earpiece. “There’s movement two floors above you. Looks like they could be heading for the stairs.”

Persia’s hand touched the crossbow at her hip. “Should we descend?”

“No,” Jo said. “Go to the landing above you, then exit there.”

Persia quickly did just that; I followed closely behind her.

“Continue down the corridor to the end,” Jo instructed. “Wait there until we see which direction these two men are going.” We’d only just reached the end of the corridor when Jo spoke again, more urgently.

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