The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes

Author:Drew Hayes [Hayes, Drew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: REUTS Publications
Published: 2017-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

6.

All of us were moving, dashing, as fast as we could. I dimly heard the tear of canvas and snap of wood as Richard plowed through the booth he was in without being slowed by even an instant. There was no discussion or thought, only a mad race to reach Cat Mask before his arm finished its journey. While it’s true that—and upon looking back, it’s easy to realize that his movements may have been reactionary—there was no guarantee he planned to shoot, and even if he had, Sally was a therian as well. But none of that entered my, and I presume the others’ minds at the time. The only thing we understood or saw was a gun moving in the direction of a child, and we moved our bodies with all we had to stop it.

None of us were fast enough, however, and that includes Cat Mask. The weapon’s muzzle was just approaching Sally’s general direction when it vanished, along with Cat Mask’s hand and a big chunk of his forearm. I heard a thud from behind the midway, one that I had a firm guess was the gun and limb in question landing, and then Gideon appeared.

He stood between Sally and Cat Mask, the barest flecks of blood visible on his nails. I was a little surprised the criminal wasn’t screaming in pain, and then I noticed that I couldn’t actually hear any noise coming from the booth he was in, even as he grabbed his stump of an arm and stomped about. Of course. Gideon was magically silencing him for the same reason he’d tossed the arm out of sight. He didn’t want Sally to see or hear such things.

“You dare point a weapon at her? Make no mistake, pitiful creature, I have woven so many spells and protections around her that even another dragon would struggle to do her harm, yet for you to even attempt such a thing is a dire insult. An insult to me, which is bad, and to her, which is infinitely worse.”

Unlike Richard, Gideon wasn’t trying to be scary. He was calm, detached even, looking at Cat Mask and the other criminals as if they were no more concern than garbage in his path. In a way, that was much more terrifying than Richard’s performance. I knew too well that Gideon could kill everyone in this carnival—hell, everyone in the state—with little effort and even less remorse. The only person I’d seen him show any concern or care for was Sally, and they’d just turned a gun on her. In that moment, I knew that Cat Mask had just gotten his entire gang killed. Richard might have been willing to let them be turned over to the cops, but Gideon wasn’t nearly so kind-hearted.

As it turned out though, someone else was.

“Gideon, no.” Sally reached out and grabbed him by the arm, yanking him back over in her direction. There was a surprising amount of authority in her voice; it was easy to see that she was indeed her father’s daughter.

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