Smoke Eaters by Sean Grigsby

Author:Sean Grigsby [Grigsby, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, dragons, firefighters, apocalypse, adventure
ISBN: 9780857667731
Publisher: Watkins Media
Published: 2018-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I made up a dumb excuse to go back to the car – claiming to want more bourbon – while Naveena and the others broke into an abandoned concession stand, searching for cotton candy. They said that it was the only type of fair food most likely not to have spoiled. Williams had thrown me her keys so I could unlock the coupe.

The real reason I went to the car was quite the opposite. I wanted to clear my head, regretted drinking in the first place. My best hope was that Naveena would forget anything had happened between us and would return to her regular, grumpy self by the time I saw her the next week.

But what about me?

I wouldn’t forget. Bourbon or no. Leaning against the trunk of the coupe, I started wondering if I even wanted to forget. Naveena was swelteringly attractive, and it wasn’t like Sherry had been Mrs Wonderful to me lately. What if I went ahead and took Naveena into the tunnel of love and did what came naturally?

No.

What the hell was I thinking? Not only was I married, but Naveena was under the influence of some fucked up, William Gibson shit.

A holoreader rang from the back seat.

Afu had left his backpack in the car, and I knew the sound of the alarm issuing from inside. His holoreader vibrated even as I lifted it from his bag. A flashing red notification said that all available smoke eaters were needed at the address of–

No. No way. This couldn’t be happening. Afu had to have slipped me a spark. Hallucinations, yeah, that was it.

I rubbed my eyes and looked again. No mistake this time. A dragon was attacking my house.

Sherry.

I threw the holoreader onto the seat and jumped behind the wheel. Ash flew as I pressed the gas pedal as far as it would go. Williams and the others could be pissed at me all they wanted.

My house.

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