The Curse of the Dragon God by Geoffrey Knight

Author:Geoffrey Knight [Knight, Geoffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Adventure, Gay
ISBN: 9781573446617
Amazon: 1573446610
Goodreads: 9653759
Publisher: Cleis Press
Published: 2011-06-30T23:00:00+00:00

–F

There was an electronic hiss.

Bradley’s hand shot out and hooked Will under the arm.

The fire-covered wall transformed into a thick metal door that breathed open beside them.

They both fell into the small panic room, the fire leaping and bounding, snatching at their shoes as they collapsed one on top of the other. Bradley gave the large red punch button on the wall a good kick. The steel door slammed shut behind them. Sealing them in, and the fire out, and then—

“Hold on!” Bradley told Will.

It was as though the bottom dropped out of the world as the small cubelike panic room went into a free fall, plunging from the 40th floor of the tower straight for ground level. It dropped so fast they actually lifted off the floor for several moments.

“We’re gonna crash!” Will’s voice slurred, his lips smearing with the sudden force of gravity.

Before Bradley could reply, they heard a series of detonations outside the panic room. With each blast, the rapidly descending cell shot grips into the walls of the shaft, like hooks, slamming on the brakes until the small cube came grinding to a halt on the ground floor.

The door opened automatically.

Will and Bradley scrambled out the exit and spilled across the lobby floor so fast it looked like the wall just opened up and spewed them out.

Startled, George, the security guard, pulled his gun.

Shirtless and singed, Bradley and Will both held up their hands.

“Don’t shoot! George, it’s me, Bradley! Call the fire department!”

“The fire department? I didn’t hear any alarms!”

“George, listen to me. Did you see Chad leave here?”

George nodded, flustered and confused. “Yes, sir. He left with Ms. Chan and a white-haired man. They seemed to be in a hurry. Headed straight for the harbor.”

“Thank you. Please, call the fire department. Then get out of the building as fast as you can. Do you hear me?”

“Yes, sir!”

As George phoned for help, Will and Bradley burst from the lobby doors and without breaking pace bolted into the night, heading straight for the nearby harbor. Their smoking shoes slapped against the Hong Kong streets and onto the wharf packed with tourists and locals getting in and out of bobbing sampans.

The lights of a thousand vessels flickered and flashed across the surface of the hectic harbor in all directions. Boats of all shapes and sizes rocked and lurched through the melee.

“Jesus, it’s worse than the L.A. freeway!” Will gawked, skidding to a halt at the edge of the wharf.

All around them, people were already stopping and staring at the two soot-covered and topless men. But Will and Bradley were oblivious to them all. Bradley recognized the sleek white cruiser heading out across the crowded harbor and into the bustling night.

“That’s them. That’s my uncle’s boat.”

Behind him, Will turned at the sound of fire truck sirens filling the Hong Kong streets. From here he could see the Zhang Diamond Tower, its top burning in a silent blaze slowly consuming each floor until the shatterproof glass finally gave way as

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