Lord Hale's Monster: Blue Moon Investigations New Adult Humorous Fantasy Adventure Series Book 13 by Steve Higgs

Author:Steve Higgs [higgs, steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Knights. Sunday, December 11th 0016hrs

Just like any building, this one had stairs as a back-up to the elevator. It was the intended route out for the guests once they had solved the riddle in the library. Dr Parrish explained all this merrily as he led us through the dark passageways. I wanted to ask why he hadn’t mentioned the stairs before and why we were not already leading the group that way now. I almost went back for them, but something intangible stopped me. I wanted to see what Lord Hale was doing, without him seeing us. In other words, I wanted to see his behaviour when he thought himself to be alone.

Dr Parrish led us through passageways, back past the exit from the library and around a corner. This time I had the lamp held by my knee to limit the amount of light it cast. I had a feeling Lord Hale was up to something, especially since we didn’t find him around a convenient corner taking a tinkle. He chose to sneak off when the rest of us were distracted by the elevator, seizing his first chance to get away now that we were no longer trapped in the library. When we reached the first junction, he went left and sent us all right. That was my guess anyway.

Dr Parrish was still jabbering on about planned additional levels of escape room they could yet employ but I spotted a light ahead and clamped a hand over his mouth. Squinting in the dark, Big Ben and Dr Parrish doing the same, I could make out what looked like a phone screen. It was jerking about, but as it was lifted into the air, I caught a glimpse of Lord Hale’s face reflected in the light from the screen. I took my hand away from Dr Parrish’s mouth, but he instantly drew in a breath to speak and I had to clamp it back in place to stop him.

Lord Hale was making hushed, but urgent and very angry threats. By keeping quiet we could hear him. ‘Where the hell are they? They had better not have double crossed me. Why haven’t they answered?’ I wanted to know who he was referring to. ‘I can’t distract them for much longer, they must know that, how long do they think I can keep them down here?’ He made a move like he was trying to squeeze the life out of his phone in frustration, swore loudly and hurried away from us.

As we moved to follow, Dr Parrish tripped, pitched forward and knocked the lamp from my hand. It hit the floor and broke, the paraffin inside spilling to ignite. It wouldn’t be a problem on the stone floor, there was nothing combustible around to burn. However, if the noise it made hadn’t been enough to give our presence away, the bright flames at our feet certainly were.

‘Who’s there?’ called Lord Hale, failing to keep the fright from his voice.

‘Where are you going, Lord Hale?’ I called after him, my voice sufficient to make him run.

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