Sacrifice (The Gryphon Series Book 3) by Stacey Rourke

Author:Stacey Rourke [Rourke, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anchor Group
Published: 2013-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER twenty

From the foot of the small, raised platform stage Gabe, Alaina, Big Mike and I gaped at … the Dark Army Glee Club. Grams and Mom led the rest of the onlookers in a round of applause when their rendition of Girl From Ipanema ended. The four of us by the stage didn’t join in. Not that the geeky musicians weren’t vocally talented. They absolutely were. However, knowing their dorky exteriors were disguises to hide the nasty demons underneath jaded us to the performance a tad.

“Eddie.” I nodded to the Eddie Munster look-alike who served as the closest thing this band of misfits had to a leader.

“Celeste.” He worked his eyebrows in an odd way that made me think he was either trying for an evil villain face, or he was gassy. I really couldn’t tell which.

“Bold move coming here.” I looped my fingers in the pockets of my shorts and straightened my spine.

“Straight into the lion’s den.” Gabe let his fangs slide out and curled his upper lip to show them off.

Red—a tall, lanky demon with shockingly red hair and the ability to actually become fire—gulped. “We’re not scared of you.”

Big Mike raised an eyebrow, the most emotion I’d seen him exhibit.

Red’s hand shook as he pointed at our tatted up muscle man. “The new guy, on the other hand, is terrifying. Who’s he?”

I gave a casual shrug. “We’re going for a tougher image. Traded in the cute blonde for him.” Big Mike pressed one palm over the opposite fist to crack his knuckles. “What do you think? Effective?”

Eddie’s pasty skin blanched. “Very. Is it too late to get the blonde back? I liked her.”

“Liked her so much that you tried to kill her?” I stared pointedly at the party responsible for that particular act—the demon in the back who fiddled with the microphone in attempt to make himself look busy. His blotchy, boil-covered skin hung off of him like it was a few sizes too big for his scrawny frame. When he attacked Kendall he grew into a globulous, mountain of a beast. Now he refused to look me in the eye. Go figure.

Hiding behind him were the twins. They were attached at the shoulder and completely identical. Matching bowl haircuts, small statures, and thick glasses held together by Scotch tape. Despite their weenie exteriors, they were a force to be reckoned with. They had the ability to transform into a giant, two-headed lizard with a wingspan like a B-52 bomber. Gabe still had a scar on his shoulder blade from a particularly nasty bite one of them landed during their brawl.

“She wasn’t our target. Speaking of which, how is Caleb these days?” Eddie asked with his eyes widened in mock-innocence.

I lunged for him with every intention of delivering one well-placed punch that would rid him of his front teeth.

Gabe’s arm shot out to block my path. “We have an audience.”

The mic kicked on with a static buzz. Boil Face’s surprisingly smooth baritone voice flooded the room.

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