Have Artifact, Will Travel (The Immortality Curse Book 5) by Peter Glenn

Author:Peter Glenn [Glenn, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-23T16:00:00+00:00

9

“Huh?” I said, squinting to make out the new figures that had appeared. And how had they gotten here, anyway? They looked fresh. How had the traps not put them through the ringer?

Life wasn’t fair sometimes, kids.

The man who had spoken to me was tall. Taller than Isaiah, and imposing-looking to boot. He was wearing black clothing and a burnt red cloak with a large hood that only mostly hid his dusty-blonde hair. His piercing eyes were dark brown. Almost black in the light of Isaiah’s orbs. But even under the cloak and dark clothing, I could tell that he was well-built and broad-shouldered.

Definitely not the kind of guy you’d want to meet in a dark alley somewhere. Let alone a trapped treasure chamber deep underground.

He was flanked by two people. One was a raven-haired girl with green eyes that was just a little bit heavyset and about as tall as I was. The other, I recognized right away. It was the Mystery Man from before. They were both wearing red cloaks as well, though their hoods were back and not covering their heads.

My face contorted into a frown. The assassin from before was back, and he’d brought company. My hand twitched and felt for the familiar grip of Grax’thor.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” Red Hood said, tsking and eyeing my sword hand.

Biting on my lip, I relaxed the grip and let it go.

“Good boy,” Red Hood said slowly. “We wouldn’t want anyone to get killed unnecessarily, now, would we?”

“Of course not,” I muttered through clenched teeth.

In reality, though, that’s exactly what I wanted. For them to die at my hand.

A strange clattering noise from the chamber beyond alerted my attention, and I craned my neck to see that perhaps another ten or fifteen people in red cloaks had piled into that room.

Doing a little quick math, I knew we were hopelessly outnumbered. I could easily take out four or five of these punks, and Isaiah could handle another five as well, but I couldn’t count on Allie for any, and that still left more of them standing than us. Plus, I knew at least one of them had magic, probably more. So that made the odds even worse.

My mouth felt like cotton, and my heart started racing. I started to wonder if I’d make it out of this one, or if it really would be my last stand. Who’d have thought it wouldn’t be ages-old traps that would take me out, but a living, breathing human?

But there was still hope yet. Red Hood and his cronies hadn’t killed us outright. That must mean they still want us alive for some reason. Or at least that’s what I’d always learned from the movies.

“Now,” Red Hood started, “if you would be so kind as to grab the artifact and hand it over to me, we can all leave here in one piece today.” He had a strange smirk on his face, like he already knew I’d agree.

And sadly, he was probably right on that one.

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