The Eccentrics (Knight Watch Book 3) by Tim Akers
Author:Tim Akers [Akers, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 2024-05-07T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER TWENTY
I stood there, surrounded by dead vampires, trying to come up with an excuse that didnât make me sound like an idiot, a traitor, or both. Moments passed. Tesla stared at me with the look of a man on the edge of technologically advanced violence.
âWell?â he asked finally.
âThey were dead when I got here,â I answered.
âDead when you got here? Is that all you have to say? That they were dead when you got here?â He marched down the stairs, avoiding the same pools of blood that I had, gesturing to the surrounding bodies. âA room full of dead steampunks. My God, these people had families. And you just let the vampiresââ
âThese are the vampires, actually. Dead vampires.â I pointed to the girl at my feet. âSee? Fangs, pointy ears, general lack of skin tone. Vampires.â
âWhat? What the . . . what?â Tesla stopped dead in his tracks. âBut we killed all of the vampires!â
âYeah. About that.â I glanced at Chesa. The rest of Knight Watch gathered behind her, all pointedly looking anywhere but in my direction. âEsther spared a couple. Iâd say aboutââI did a quick count of the bodiesââsix of them. No, eight. Jakub and his brother escaped.â
âThere are a couple more in the fireplace,â Chesa pointed out.
âRight, so, ten. Letâs call it an even dozen, just to be safe,â I said. Tesla gaped at me. The rest of the Eccentrics werenât that far behind. They spread out through the coven, examining bodies and furnishings, poking their heads through the smashed doors that lined the wall. I pressed on. âThough honestly we donât know how many theyâve created since then. Iâd rather not speculate onââ
âEsther MacRae, on her own, just decided to betray our confidence and rescued a coven of bloodsuckers, then hid them? Inside the Gestalt?â Tesla was yelling by now, his face red and bulging with veins. âAnd then when we uncovered this fact, you came under the pretense of helping us, and somehow stumbled on that very cabal?â
âI had a key.â I held up the display box Esther had given me. âThough clearly I didnât need it.â
âWeâre done,â Tesla snapped. âIâm dropping you off at the nearest faire. You can find your own way back to Mundane Actual. I donât care how you do itâride a unicorn, hitchhike through the Middle Ages, join a group of wandering sketch artists. And when you get home, you tell Esther MacRae that the next time she contacts me, Iâm going to drop a bomb on her jumped-up Medieval Times franchise so bigââ
âBoss,â Adelaide said sternly. I noticed that her arm was in a sling. Tesla whirled to face her, his mouth still working its way around the dimensions of this theoretical bomb. âMaybe take a look at this.â
Adelaide gazed up at the tapestry. With all the blood and carnage in the room, plus the presence of a vampire, I hadnât given the artwork much of a look. The outside edges of the tapestry depicted your typical medieval scenes, tinged with gothic horror.
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