The Hunt for Shambhala (An Avalon Adventure Book 1) by Rob Jones

Author:Rob Jones
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2017-06-06T23:00:00+00:00

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“And you’re positive this is going to work?” Selena said.

“Absolutely,” Decker said as he glanced at Riley. “Ready?”

Riley watched as the men unloading the truck disappeared into another yacht. “All clear, mate!”

Decker hefted a box of lemons out the back of the catering truck and looked at Selena. “Your turn.”

She looked at the boxes and sighed. “They look awfully heavy.”

“Your Turn,” he said with less patience.

“Oh, very well.” She picked up a smaller box of limes. “Happy now?”

“You can’t deliver a box of limes without the limes, Professor Moore.”

“Don’t italicise ‘professor’ like that.”

“Huh?”

“You said it funny, like you don’t mean it.”

“Oh, God. Can we just get on with this?”

Riley and Charlie jogged over. “They’re on their way back.”

“So let’s get going,” Decker said firmly. “Some of us have a life to get back to.”

Riley and Charlie each selected boxes and the four of them walked along the marina and up the Jambudvipa’s gangway, with Decker in the lead.

One of the guards stepped forward to block the gangway entrance and raised his hands. He spoke in Hindi and then switched to English when he saw their confused faces. “Stop right there.”

“But we have lemons!” Selena said, nodding her head proudly.

“Who are you?” the other man said.

“We come from the… er,” Decker looked into the sky and then back to the two men. “The Maharaja Catering Company. We’re here to deliver this fruit to the yacht.”

The two men exchanged a suspicious glance and returned to Decker. “Four Americans are delivering fruit in Mumbai?”

“Actually it’s one American, one Aussie and two English,” Riley said.

“We specialize in fusion cuisine,” Charlie added, but shut up when Selena nudged him in the ribs with her elbow.

“We are expecting no delivery today. Go away.”

“Decker turned around with the box, and for half a second everyone thought he was going to pad back down the gangway, but then they all saw a sparkle in his eye and the beginnings of a crooked smile on his lips.

In a heartbeat, he turned around and hurled the box of fruit at one of the men while powering a hefty haymaker into the jaw of the other. The punch propelled the man clear over the rail and he crashed down into the water with a terrific splash but the sound was lost in the general bustle of the marina.

The other man rushed forward, but tripped on the limes now rolling all over the deck. He flailed wildly for a few seconds and looked like he was competing in a log-running competition, but then Riley Carr smashed him in the chops with the bottom of his fruit box. He went down on the deck in a shower of mandarins and satsumas and was out for the count.

Riley turned to Selena and clapped his hand on her shoulder. “Orange you glad you brought me along for the ride?”

“Oh, for God’s sake,” Decker said.

“That was funny mate!” he said. “Americans!”

“If it was funny,” Decker said slowly. “I would be laughing.”

Riley squared up to him. “You

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