Gaslight Magick by Teel James Glenn

Author:Teel James Glenn [Glenn, Teel James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Wolf Publlishing
Published: 2020-04-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Party Favours

Before my double could pull the trigger again I yelled to draw his attention and threw my now empty pistol as if it were a tomahawk.

My improvised missile flew true enough so that he instinctively dodged, this threw his aim off and the semi-naked Jaguar reached him with a feline leap.

Nenetl struck him like a pouncing tiger and the two rolled to the floor till they bumped into the translucent spell wall that was intended to protect the dais.

I kept running, leaping over both the fallen ‘Rounder and the wrestling pair and jumped directly onto the woman who was posing as Nenetl.

I had no time for gentlemanliness, so I landed hard on the double and grabbed for the object in her hands which I could now see was a conventional bomb!

Close up the fake jaguar was no more a twin for Nenetl than my ‘double’ had been for me. She was a Metis with painted on tattoos that would look real enough from a short distance. The one thing she did have in common with my real warrior companion was that she was strong and obviously had some skill at wrestling.

The bomb was a small black box with clearly visible wires and switches. The impostor hissed like a snake when I landed on her and she reached for the box with her free hand in a desperate, suicidal gesture clearly intended to activate the switch.

I was having none of that!

I threw a very rude right fist into her jaw with all the indignation of the last day behind it. The faux jaguar went limp immediately.

I took the box from her and rose, to find myself facing the stun truncheon of the surviving ‘Rounder.

“Hold, soldier,” I heard Ambassador Chichua call. “ I know that man!”

“As do I,” Prince Edward called. “Explain yourself, Baronet Grey!”

I noticed for the first time that the sound of the gunshots was absent and there was a kind of deathly quiet settled over the whole of the room.

“In due time, my lords,” I called, “But this is an explosive device-- it must be taken away.”

The court sorcerer, the Merlin, stepped forward then. He was robed in blue and grey, younger than I imagined the Royal Merlin should be and showing signs of dissipation, though whether that was from the exertion of his force spell or his life at court it was hard to say.

“Place it down,” he said in a solemn voice that was just a bit shaky. “And step away from it.”

I did as he said and he took a deep breath then made a wild gesture, casting a ball of light from his hands that enveloped the black box. The bomb began to vibrate so rapidly it began to blur. There was a sudden sound like distant thunder and the a flash of light so bright we all had to look away then the bomb was gone, leaving only a smoking spot on the carpet of the ballroom.

Nenetl rose up over her fallen opponent, looking magnificent in her near nakedness.

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