The Medusa Gambit (Veil Knights Book 6) by Rowan Casey

Author:Rowan Casey [Casey, Rowan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Harbinger Books
Published: 2017-04-09T06:00:00+00:00

11

It was dark by the time I got back to Santee Alley. After taking at least a decade off the remaining useful life of the staircase on the way up, Golgameth, hunched over to keep his head below the ceiling, took one look at my digs, proclaimed it to be a strange place for a fortress, and dropped himself onto my couch. He took up two-thirds of the length of it, and I was certain by the way it was sagging I’d never be able to sleep on it again.

Of course, at the moment, that was the least of my concerns.

“Why do you wish to wait here, Little Man? Golgameth wants to begin his battle!”

“Did you not hear a word of what I said the entire drive? We have the Key, but I have no idea what it unlocks.”

The giant scratched the naked side of his scalp. “Do you believe it is somewhere in this room, little man?”

“Oh, that’s very funny, Golgameth. Very funny. No, I asked Pip to send for someone. Someone who may have an idea where to look.” Under my breath, I added, “And who’d better have some damn good answers for me.”

“Who is this ‘Pip’?”

“The redhead who was in the elevator with me—” I heard the doorknob rattle, a sharp knock as the door opened. “Whup. Never mind.”

Grimm walked in, hands in the recesses of his long, black leather coat. He looked at me, then shifted his eyes over to Golgameth.

“Where in the bloody hell did you pick up a giant?”

Pip appeared from behind him, sliding over to the wall near my desk where I was seated. She looked more than a little upset. I hadn’t told her yet, but I wondered if she pieced together a few things from my demeanor, from the way I was curt with her in demanding an audience with Grimm, or—most likely—from what Grimm told her. I had no doubt he knew, and had known all along.

“This is Golgameth. Golgameth, this is Dante Grimm.”

Golgameth grunted and cracked the knuckles on his two paddle-sized hands. It sounded like boards snapping. I got the distinct impression he was imagining that sound to be Grimm’s neck. Maybe it was the sneer.

“Giants are useless brutes. They can’t be trusted. If you’re thinking of an alliance with him, don’t. He will most likely get you killed, if he doesn’t stab you in the back first.”

If you wanted to know how Golgameth reacted to that, picture a guy with a face three times the size of a normal person’s turning an apple shade of crimson with anger, baring his teeth, his jaw trembling with building tension, then picture that face after someone just spit on it and squirted tobasco sauce in both eyes. That might come close.

Golgameth shifted his weight forward, ready to spring and deliver what I’m certain was shaping up to be the kind of blow that would have knocked Grimm’s shadow into the next room, but something fluttered in Grimm’s coat pocket and he removed his hand holding a metal loop with smaller loops attached to it.

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