Firstborn (The Legacy Series) by Ryan Attard

Author:Ryan Attard [Attard, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: AEC Stellar Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

17

I didn’t just tell them the plan. You don’t just say a plan like that.

We spent the rest of the day following Abigale around as she flitted from one gift shop to another. Amaymon had finally dragged us to games room where we shot pixelated zombies with toy guns that responded badly to quick reflexes.

And all this time I ran the plan over and over in my head, working out the faults and possibilities.

Working out where it can go wrong and kill us all.

Finally, we settled down in a restaurant and gorged ourselves. That’s when Amaymon popped the question –

“What’s our next move?”

“We bait her,” I said as I carefully cut my steak.

“That’s it?” He never bothered to swallow or stop eating. “That’s all you got?”

Abigale remained quiet and just buried her face behind her glass.

“So, how do we go about doin’ that?” he continued.

I jabbed my fork at Abigale. “With her.”

“What?” she squealed. “Are you trying to get me killed?”

I put my cutlery down and held my hands up. “Just hear me out.” Both of them turned their attention towards me. “I don’t know why, but Lilith is after Abi, right? So, let’s give her just that – lets provide her with bait she can’t resist and then swoop in for the kill.”

Amaymon raised his eyebrows. “You think it’s gonna be that easy?”

“Why not?” I retorted. “It’s how we work, and I think we should play to our strengths.”

“And what if something goes wrong?” Abigale was right to be scared, I suppose. “What if she gets to me and you guys aren’t around?”

“That ain’t the problem,” said Amaymon. “We’re definitely gonna be there, and we will help you out. The only problem is that we don’t know bubkis about this demon – we don’t know if we can take her.”

“I thought you were all powerful,” I shot.

“I am,” he replied. “I just ain’t stupid. No creature hunts something that’s stronger than it is, Erik.”

That stilted the conversation.

“I just can’t accept that,” I said after a while.

“You might not have a choice.”

“NO!”

I didn’t mean to explode, but I guess the stress was starting to get to me, too. The familiar’s eyes widened – I never yelled at him before, not about a real issue like survival.

“This case,” I continued. “This case has something to do with the curse. I don’t know how or why, but I can feel it.”

I turned to him. “You know as well as I do that there are no coincidences. Everything in our world happens for a reason. And here’s what I know. A bunch of Lizardmen take a school hostage without harming anyone. A genetically mutated Lizardman shows up and decks me. Then, Gil comes along with a traitor and a busted mansion. Now, we’re in the middle of an apocalypse between Heaven and Hell. And out of thin air, the Seven Deadly Sins just take form and come hunting hybrids,” I said as I jabbed a finger at Abigale. “Can you spell conspiracy?”

Amaymon’s feline eyes narrowed.

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