Under Wraps: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (Werewolves vs. Mummies Book 1) by J.A. Cipriano

Author:J.A. Cipriano [Cipriano, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Published: 2015-06-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

An obsidian-headed spear burst through Sekhmet’s chest, spraying me with warm, sticky ichor. She looked down, uncomprehending as the weapon twisted and jerked out of her, leaving a huge bleeding cavern in spot between her breasts. Metallic blood spilled out of the ragged hole in her armor and gushed down over her body, painting the front of her gold.

Her mouth opened and closed like a dying fish as she slowly turned her head. A booted foot caught her full in the face, throwing her off of me. She hit the sand with an empty-sounding thwap. I looked up, my sudden relief fading in a split second as Khufu stood over me.

Even though he was only about as tall as Sekhmet, he was huge and muscled, reminding me of a body builder who had undergone a little too much chemical enhancement. His bloody spear dripped in the sand beside my head as he held it lazily in one of his huge hands.

“Hello, Thes,” he said, leaning down and offering me his other hand. His fingers glittered with so many rings it made it hard to look at. “Let me help you up.”

“Um… I’m okay,” I replied, trying to scurry backward away from him in the sand. He stopped me by placing that massive golden boot on my crotch and pressing down enough with just enough force to let me know he could hurt me very badly if he wanted to do so.

“Bastard…” Sekhmet coughed, spattering bloody spray across his leg as she tried to push herself to her feet.

“Actually not,” he replied, absently driving his spear though the back of her neck and pinning her to the ground. A horrible wheezing gasp filled the air as she tried to reach back and wrap her fingers around the weapon. Her hands only succeeded in brushing limply against it before falling emptily to her sides. “My parents were quite happily married, unlike yours. Do you Menhit even know who your parents are?”

He turned back toward me, apparently unconcerned that he’d just speared a goddess through the throat. While she seemed pretty well incapacitated, I was more than a little worried she was going to call down a meteor to kill everyone in the vicinity.

“I’m pretty sure they spawn in the water like frogs.” He shrugged his shoulders and rubbed his goatee with one hand. “Who is to say? Now where were we? Oh yes, Thes, you need to come with me if you want to live.”

“Uh… why is that?” I asked, trying to swallow my fear. It was then that I realized I couldn’t feel my wolf. It was like when Aziza had stabbed me after I’d gotten the book of Thoth. Did Khufu have some weird way of making it so I couldn’t call on my wolf? My eyes opened wide. Was he behind what happened when Aziza stabbed me? Was that why I couldn’t call my wolf? Or was it something else?

“If you don’t come with me, I’m going to kill you.

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