Heresy of Dragons by Erik Reid

Author:Erik Reid [Reid, Erik]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-01T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

“I mean it,” Benoch said, patting me on the shoulder as we stood at the bunker’s entrance. A low howling sound echoed through the cool night air. “It’s very important that the bloodhound you bring back is pure. If it drinks your blood, or anyone else’s, it’s no good to me.”

“Then maybe I need a wardrobe change,” I said. “These leathers are a little ‘lazy Hawkeye cosplay.’ What do you have in the ‘Iron Man’ department?”

“You’ll be fine,” Benoch said. “You control the fist of Oscar.”

“Yep,” I said. “I’m definitely the one in control here, hundo p.”

“Attaboy,” he said, already climbing down the ladder toward his underground bunker. “Do you like tea? I’ll boil up some tea for when you get back.”

Before I could even ask what kind of crumpet’s he’d serve, he pulled the metal handles on the hatch door and slammed it shut, masqueraded once more as a small hunk of shale protruding from the hill’s slope.

A cool wind played against my hair, shaggy and un-styled as it was. I ran a hand through it and listened for the howls that came from afar, but at this distance I couldn’t tell what direction they came from.

I climbed to the top of the hill that shielded the bunker from view. It was a beautiful night otherwise, with clear stars overhead uninterrupted by clouds. My new leather boots offered better support than my sneakers had, helping me avoid the discomfort of the rocky ground pressing up through rubber soles.

At the highest elevation I had at my disposal, I stared out into the distance.

“Thermal… Thermo… Infra… Skeeter Vision. Activate!”

Happily, Oscar got the gist. A second’s worth of infrared imaging washed over my vision, revealing a small cluster of shapes vaguely like animals whose bodies glowed a lighter blue than the ground they stood on. Their heat signatures were horizontal, suggesting that even bloodhounds curled up at night and slept.

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