Metal Guardian: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (Rings of the Inconquo Book 2) by A.L. Knorr & Aaron D. Schneider

Author:A.L. Knorr & Aaron D. Schneider [Knorr, A.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Intellectually Promiscuous Press
Published: 2020-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

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My pride and exhilaration lasted until the elevator doors opened to the front lobby.

I’d returned the original necklace to Archives, and even Davenport’s ingratiating manner didn’t bring me down. The new necklace was under my shirt. This is going to work.

Then reality hit.

Even though I wasn’t stealing a priceless antiquity, I was still walking out the Museum front doors with a few hundred dollars of precious metal around my neck. True, my clothing hid it, but it wouldn’t take much of a search. Exactly why Marcus would search me was beside the point.

My breathing became rapid and shallow as the elevator doors opened. Marcus talked on the phone with his back to me while he searched through paperwork on the desk. I could hear the words, but none of them made sense with my heart pounding in my ears.

For a long second, I stood there, frozen, certain that if I put one toe out of the elevator, the game would be up. Metro police would come bursting through the door. I would be on the floor my wrists zip-tied together before I could blink. Some eager DI would rip the newly fashioned necklace off and hold it up for inspection by a hundred news reporters. Any hope of stopping Ninurta would vanish in a storm of sirens and flashing lights.

The ridiculous and terrifying fantasy had me in its grip so long the elevator doors began to close again. Instinct kicked in, and I stuck my hand out. I moved, my gait stiffer than usual, and swiped my ID card as I went by the desk.

Marcus called after me, but I was already passing through the front doors. I don’t know if I’d have broken into a run if I’d heard him coming after me, but thankfully he didn’t.

It wasn’t until I’d descended into the glaring lights of the underground station that I felt my mind and body reconnect in a meaningful way. I gasped for air, my mind reeling under a heady mixture of fear and exhilaration. I moved towards one of the platform’s tiled pillars and leaned against it to catch my breath.

With my free hand, I reached inside the front of my jacket and felt the necklace. Watching a train pull into the station, rose gold beneath my fingertips, I felt another smile spreading across my face.

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