Heart of Gold: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Clans of Shadow Book 1) by Cipriano J.A. & Garner J.B

Author:Cipriano, J.A. & Garner, J.B. [Cipriano, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

12

Abner passed his hand through the air and the cell doors opened. “If we are to traverse to freedom safely, we must keep up appearances.” As I stepped out of the cell, Claymation Man produced a pair of handcuffs from beneath his robe.

“Shit,” I mumbled, eyeing the handcuffs warily. “I can’t blame you, I suppose, but I’m going on record that I don’t like this.” With a disapproving frown, I raised my arms wrists up.

As he clamped the cuffs on, Gabriela walked into view from behind the walking wall of clay. “As much as I don’t like this, we don’t have any choice in the matter.” Her wrinkled brow and frown were just as I had pictured them.

“So we just stay quiet and look all pissed off and downcast as you lead us to the Promised Land?” I did nothing to hide the snark from my voice. The cuffs were starting to chafe and that was pissing me off. I mean, okay, I’d been wearing them for all of three seconds, but it wasn’t like I enjoyed prisoner-chic.

Abner’s blocky face stayed impassive as he lumbered toward the door. “Indeed, Frank Butcher. It is a classic ploy of deception used by you mortals. Combined with my position of authority, our egress should be without worry.”

Well, that was the fastest way to get Murphy to stick his nose into a situation. I bit my tongue in an effort to avoid bringing down the full weight of his law down upon us as I fell into step next to Gabby behind the talking mudslide.

Abner touched a few of those runes on the round door, and it slid open without a sound. As far as my acting, well, it wasn’t hard to look like a grumpy asshole because I was one at the moment. Hard to believe, I know. Gabby was taking things marginally better, a fact I attributed to her seemingly boundless optimism.

I kept my head down as we trudged through the tube-like tunnel, trying to keep my ears perked for any signs of danger. I couldn’t ignore the feeling something was going to come along and fuck things up. It wasn’t that Abner’s plan wasn’t rock solid because it certainly would have been something I would have tried myself. I was just expecting that good old Butcher luck to rear its ugly head any minute now.

That minute arrived right about the time I noticed Abner’s pace start to slow. It was taking an awfully long time to walk down the hall to the stairs, assuming the bump to my head and the close-range concussion blast from the grenade hadn’t messed up my short-term memory.

The change in lighting overhead was obvious, even as I tried to tell myself it was normal. The blue glow shifted to purple, but what was a bit more subtle through the dimness was the never-ending hall stretching out before us.

“This is new, Abbie,” I said, totally keeping the sudden panic at the thought of being stuck in a never-ending maze out of my voice.

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