Unhallowed Curse by Wendy L Owens

Author:Wendy L Owens [Owens, Wendy L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Four Bean Publishing
Published: 2014-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

16

As Artis and Gabe arrived, a guard stood at full attention in front of the door, clear evidence that Uri was back inside the room. Gabe looked down at the ground sheepishly, deciding it was best for Artis to take the lead on the situation with the guard.

“Artis, what are you doing here?” the muscular boy in his late teens asked. “Wait, I thought Peter was with our…guest.”

There’s that word again, Gabe thought.

“He was, but I relieved him,” Artis replied, hoping her vagueness would suffice. “I am going to take them to Patina.”

“What?” The guard sounded alarmed. “Nobody told me anything about this.”

“Well, of course not, she just sent me. I found this one with Peter while I was on my way here.” Gabe couldn’t help but marvel at the way she weaved her tale of deception with such ease, batting her big eyelashes and shrugging her shoulders innocently.

“I see. I suppose that makes sense,” the guard said, his clueless expression revealing there wasn’t a ton going on in that melon of his. Turning to grab the door knob, he continued, “This one made a phone call earlier, but has been in his room ever since.”

“Great,” Artis croaked, leaning forward and touching the boys hand. “I’ll let Patina know about his activities. Please, Gabe, won’t you ask your friend to join us?” Artis asked, trying to sound official.

“Yeah, of course,” Gabe replied.

Gabe walked in the room, closing the door gently behind him. He quickly clued Uri in on what had been transpiring in the hall, and that they were going to try and meet with Iron Gate’s Oracle. Uri didn’t miss a beat and assured his friend that he was prepared to play along. After a few moments, Uri and Gabe emerged from the room.

“Excuse me, I was told Patina would like to see us?” Uri questioned, acting slightly annoyed, another pro with the charade. Gabe smiled as he thought how perfect Uri and Artis probably were for each other.

Artis nodded and turned to the guard once again. “I’ll take it from here, thanks.”

“Wait, I don’t know…Artis, he’s my responsibility. If anything happened, Alfred would…” the boy stammered. “I know. I’ll just go with you. You could probably use the help with two of them.”

“No, really, I’ll be fine,” Artis insisted.

“I’m sorry, but there’s no way I am leaving his side after the warning Alfred gave me. I’ll go with you to Patina’s office.”

“Gee, I didn’t know I was traveling with such a hardened and dangerous criminal,” Gabe muttered under his breath to Uri, and the two boys snickered quietly.

“Very well, it’s your waste of time,” Artis replied turning and walking down the massive hall.

The group of four emerged from the building and rounded the massive stone wall. Artis continued to walk until she came to a split in the path.

“Is everything all right?” the guard asked.

“I thought I heard something,” Artis claimed.

“What?” The boy whispered, his head jerking wildly back and forth. “I don’t hear anything. What did you hear?”

“I don’t know,” Artis whimpered as if terrified.

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