Onyx Gryphon: A Paranormal Shifter Romance (Gryphons vs Dragons Book 4) by Ruby Ryan

Author:Ruby Ryan [Ryan, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Juicy Gems Publishing
Published: 2018-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

19

CASSANDRA

“You can’t honestly be serious.”

“I know how it sounds…”

I stood so we were face-to-face. “That’s a stupid idea!”

“You’re right. It is.”

“That’s some Scooby-Doo style idiocy.”

“I know…” he said weakly.

“Do you? Do you know that?” I was being a bitch to him, but he needed to hear it right then. “Tell me you know this isn’t some wacky Scooby-Doo caper we’re in right now. Say the words, so I know you understand.”

Orlando put a hand on my arm. “Cassie. I’m all ears if you have a better idea.”

I crossed my arms. “You can’t dress up as him. They’ll figure it out. And then they’ll shoot you dead. Bang, no more Orlando the Magical Gryphon.”

But he was shaking his head, and there was a sparkle in his dark eyes.

“See, I’m not so sure. The others are European. You’ve heard the accents.” He pointed at the unconscious body on the bed. “This guy’s local. I’m guessing he was hired at the last minute to round out their crew. I doubt they know him very well.”

The view outside the window changed rapidly; suddenly there was a flat platform very close to the train, zooming by with almost reckless speed. Confused passengers pointed at the train, a pantomimed silent movie playing outside the window.

“There goes my stop,” I muttered.

“Can you really call it a stop if we don’t actually stop there?” Orlando said with a grin.

“This isn’t a good time for jokes.”

The platform dropped away as the train moved beyond, and then was replaced by a flurry of flashing police lights. The sound of sirens blared by, distorted by our speed. And then they were gone as quickly as they’d appeared, and there was only the terrain around the tracks by itself.

“Looks like the hijacking hasn’t gone unnoticed,” I muttered.

“All the more reason to do something. The dragon’s running out of time. He’s going to get desperate.”

I rounded on him again. “So what’s your plan, then? Dress up as one of them, get close to the others, and then what? Shoot them? Blast them away like a gangster?” I scoffed for dramatic effect. “Orlando, I can feel your discomfort at simply holding that gun. You’re a bundle of raw nerves right now.”

He flinched at my words, then recovered. “You can stay here with the totem. I’ll tell the others that I didn’t find anything in my search.”

I closed my eyes for a moment, then opened them and took Orlando’s hand. “I looked into the dragon’s eyes. I don’t think he’s the kind of man who will give up so easily. He’ll probably resort to searching the entire train himself. Or worse.”

As if on cue, the walkie-talkie squawked on the bed. “James. How goes your search up there?”

The lack of response told us that the unconscious man on the bed was James. I grabbed the walkie-talkie and shoved it at Orlando, and he took it hesitantly.

“Slow going. I’m being thorough.”

We stared at one another, waiting to see if it worked. The others sounded garbled through the speaker, so hopefully Orlando did too.

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