Relic: Blade (A Kane Arkwright Supernatural Thriller) (Relics Book 1) by Ben Zackheim

Author:Ben Zackheim [Zackheim, Ben & Zackheim, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

It took me a moment to understand what the old man was saying.

Rebel frowned. “What do you mean the sword is yours, Skyler?”

Fox decided this was the right time to get dressed in the black suit someone had draped over a chair for him.

Skyler’s eyebrow shot up in that way it would when he was annoyed. “I mean exactly what I said, girl. I took that sword from a cave in Dorusduain, Scotland myself back in 1964.”

Rebel shook her head, trying to take it all in. “Scotland? Then what was it doing in Peru?”

“And why did we have to go get it, and not you?”

His eyebrow shot up again. “Because it was dangerous!”

“And it didn't occur to you to give us some clues about how we might get past the traps?” I asked.

He gave me a blank look. “Actually, no.” After a few seconds he awoke from his mini-trance and waved the idea away like an annoying bug. “I wouldn't have been able to help you anyway. I don't remember what the traps were.”

“You are kidding me,” I said, closing my eyes. I wanted to kill him.

“How many other vampire treasures are you hiding from us?” Rebel asked.

“He’s going to say that we’re…” I started saying as Skyler interrupted…

“We're wasting time.”

I threw my arms up. “You see? Every time!” I yelled. ‘We’re wasting time’ was Skyler’s go-to phrase when he wanted to move on from a conversation he wasn't comfortable with.

“But we are wasting time,” Skyler said.

I got in his face. He didn’t flinch. “Fine. Then let’s make up for lost time. This is the plan. Fox is leading us to a place where the sword will be safe. You’re going with us. I’m the boss. You do what I say. Rebel is second in command. You do what she says. And along the way you explain every goddam thing your feeble mind can remember about what the hell is going on here. Got it?”

“Good plan!” he yelled back. He was up to something. I’m sure my face broadcast my suspicion. He smiled. “But Fox works for me.”

Rebel and I glanced at Fox. The vampire licked his finger and used it to shine the wristwatch he’d been given. When Fox saw us looking at him he said, “What? I do work for him.”

I stuck my finger in Skyler’s face again. “You hired him to take us to Tibet?”

“Yup. We need Fox there when we deliver the sword, trust me.”

“Now I'm not even sure who we’re hiding the sword from!” Rebel growled.

“We're hiding it from Cannon,” Skyler said.

Greta gasped. I’d never heard a vampire gasp.

Cannon’s reputation as a ruthless treasure hunter preceded him. He was known as the craftiest player in Supernatural-Human conflicts. He’d played many sides over the decades. No one was sure what team he played for anymore. But if he was working with vampires then he was more dangerous than ever.

“Excalibur isn't just a treasure,” Skyler said. “And it’s not just a weapon either. Excalibur is the most powerful weapon any of you have ever touched.

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