“C” is for Crystal (An Alpha Adventure Book 3) by K.T. Tomb

Author:K.T. Tomb [Tomb, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Publisher: Quests Unlimited Press
Published: 2015-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“Is it time to go yet?” Adam asked for the umpteenth time.

“Not quite,” Travis replied, amused at Adam’s eagerness. “I never pegged you for the type that gets a kick out of the cloak-and-dagger stuff,” he ribbed his buddy.

“Look, I love what I do. But sometimes antiques are boring and let’s just say that Alpha Adventurers' missions seem to always be… well, so adventurous.”

Travis sighed in mock exasperation. Adam didn’t have a clue what they be getting themselves into.

“Look, it took us about two hours to get there last time. The way that place was set up, there’s got to be a neglected back entrance we can get through. We’ll leave the car on the street, hike up the driveway, and sneak in the back. By the time we’re in the house, it’ll be around midnight. Hopefully—and that’s a big hopefully—those two degenerates will be passed out and we’ll have the place to ourselves.”

“Ok, ok,” Adam agreed in a fit of impatience. “It’s gotta be close to the time we can leave though, right?”

“We’ve got to kill about an hour,” Travis said. “Normally I’d suggest going to the bar, but…”

Travis was only marginally recovered from his incapacitating battle with alcoholism, and he had not had a drink in a long, long time. He had no desire to go back to that time in his life, but the beast was always there, lurking in the background, trying to encourage him that one glass of wine or one bottle of beer would not be that bad.

It’s a constant battle. Constant vigilance—like they say in AA. Still kinda weird they stole a Harry Potter line, but hey, it works, he thought to himself.

Meanwhile, he turned on the TV in the hotel room they were sharing, and huffed in disgust. “It’s always soccer,” he complained. “It’s the middle of the winter, and we can’t even get one NFL playoff game.”

“That’s Europe for ya,” Adam mused out loud. “Completely bloody backwards.”

Adam had used what Travis thought was a phrase Fiona would have appreciated. It seemed to him that every time he was about to do something marginally stupid, the philosophy of WWFD popped into his head—What Would Fiona Do? He used the moniker as a way to question what he thought of as especially stupid ideas when he could not think of anything better to do, or a better way to do what he knew needed doing. While not especially afraid of physical confrontation—which he accredited to his time spent learning various martial arts—he had every desire to avoid being shot again.

Breaking into a known drug user’s home seemed like a good way to get shot, and he vehemently hoped that would not be the case. He also wanted to avoid drawing any police scrutiny as well, knowing that their position in the country was tenuous at best. Thyri was well connected, but he did not think she would be able to get him and Adam out of an international arrest. That would just look too bad, and the reputation of the Adventurers would be badly damaged.

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