Robert Asprin's Dragons Run by Nye Jody Lynn

Author:Nye, Jody Lynn [Nye, Jody Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

Twenty-eight

The ride back to the local campaign office felt like a funeral cortege, surrounded in darkness and silence, without any of the joyful noise that usually accompanied a New Orleans procession.

Once the Dunbar limousine pulled into the parking lot, and the office door was closed behind all but Penny’s employees and her most devoted campaign workers, she allowed herself to go to pieces. She rocked back and forth in her office chair, sobbing, as Fox Lisa sat on a metal folding chair beside her and patted her back. The hands holding the wad of tissues to her eyes trembled. Horsie hustled to the antique wooden sideboard and poured a stiff shot of whisky into a tumbler.

“Knock this back, Penny,” she ordered briskly. “You need it.”

Penny took it. She gulped half the golden liquid and made a face.

“Burns,” she said.

“Good. It’ll melt the shakies out of you.” Horsie poured one for herself and offered drinks around. Winston grunted his refusal. Fox Lisa accepted a glass but put it down on the desk beside her. Griffen shook his head. He wanted his wits clear. Penny’s extreme reaction made him feel very uncomfortable. He knew there had to be more to the event than seeing a decaying corpse. She’d posed with uglier ones on her law-and-order beat.

“Penny, have you seen that man before?” Griffen asked.

“Now, let’s just leave her alone for a while,” Horsie said. “Come on, give the girl some privacy.” She tugged on Griffen’s arm. He stood up.

“No!” Penny said, alarmed. She stretched out a pale arm. “Don’t let them leave!”

Griffen shrugged and sat down.

“Honey, what happened to you back there?” Horsie asked.

“She saw someone,” Fox Lisa said.

“Are you being stalked, Representative?” Winston asked. “You should have informed me.”

“It’s not like that,” Griffen said.

The big man’s high forehead furrowed into deep folds over his clear blue eyes.

“If it’s not like that, then what is it? If that kind of harassment is what she brought you in to prevent, you’re doing a crap job.”

“I didn’t have anything concrete to go on before.”

“You meant you didn’t believe her?”

“No, I meant I had not seen what we’re dealing with. Now I have.”

“So, what are you going to do about it?”

Griffen rose. “I have to talk to a few people. I’ll get back to you when I know something.”

Winston frowned. “I don’t like this mysterious stuff. Tell me what the hell you are planning to do to secure the representative’s safety! I want details, not vague hints. Tell me the truth.”

“Okay,” Griffen said, exasperated. “I’m actually a dragon in human form. I have to go talk to a zombie about whether or not he ordered a walking corpse to go harass Penny while she was doing a magic dance to hypnotize the audience.”

Fox Lisa giggled.

Winston’s face went dark red. He threw up his hands. “I don’t have to listen to this bullshit. If you’re not going to give me a straight answer, then go to hell. When you get some results, I want to hear about it.

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