Myths and Gargoyles by Jamie Hawke (interesting books to read in english txt) 📕

“Just like that?”

Red glanced over at Elisa, then rolled her eyes and leaned into me, conspiratorially. “The thing with her is… she believes that everything in the universe has a purpose, and a reason. So if you feel this kind of conviction, not only does she want to do it for you, but because she believes the universe must be saying it’s the right move.”

“And to ignore that,” Elisa whispered as if it was a very holy topic, “could risk the wrath of the universe.”

I smiled as if she was joking, but quickly saw that she wasn’t.

“Oh, right. But that all means we’re doing it, right?”

“Of course,” Red said with a chuckle.

“Doing what?” Pucky asked.

“Going to save his friend,” Sharon said, not looking happy about it at all. It wasn’t like I could blame her. “Chris.”

Pucky frowned, glanced around, and then shrugged. “Fucking awesome. I was getting bored here anyway. I’ll go tell Mowgli.” She jogged off as both Elisa and I opened our mouths to stop her, knowing she wouldn’t be handling it tactfully at all. Neither of us followed through, though, because this way was much easier.

“Let’s head for the doors,” Elisa said. “I’ll call the car.”

“Not a way we can back out?” Sharon asked.

Red grunted. “You can stay, if you don’t want to be part of the team.”

Sharon followed without another word.

We were already at the door, passing by the guards, when a bashful-looking Pucky and an angry Mowgli caught up with us.

“Whose brilliant plan is this?” Mowgli asked.

I meekly raised a hand.

“You do realize this whole situation is set up around you?” he asked. “If you’re not here, we have no trap, we have no reason for Arthur to come.”

“No bait, you mean,” I countered, even though I was perfectly fine with being the bait. I was more annoyed that he was even trying to argue this.

“We’re going to be fast,” Elisa said. “Don’t worry.”

His mouth fell open, then he laughed. “If Elisa’s on board, I know there’s no talking you out of it.” He glanced around, lowering his voice. “But at least go out the back way. For one, I don’t need everyone questioning why you’re not here. And two, for all we know the enemy might have eyes on us at this point. Keep a low profile.” Then he reached into his pocket and handed me a small green stone that vibrated gently when I took it. “Use this to call for help if needed.”

We agreed, and moved back toward the rear exit while Mowgli had a car go around to meet us. As pissed as I was at Chris, what he’d done made some sort of sense. Maybe I would’ve done the same in his situation. Probably not—I would’ve gone after whoever had threatened my parents and seen them punished. At least, the new me would.

For now, I would simply focus on the fact that I had a friend who was in trouble, and I was on my way to save him.

The driver followed Sharon’s instructions of where to go, from her position in the front passenger seat as we threaded our way through lines of city traffic onto a highway where the traffic was barely moving, before it cleared and we were off again.

“Having fun?” Pucky asked out of nowhere.

“In general, or right at this moment?”

“I mean with all this—it’s like nonstop action, no? Obviously not when we’re stuck in traffic, but you know, fighting, fucking… fighting, fucking… It’s kind of our thing.” She grinned, then blew me a kiss.

Elisa laughed, while Sharon looked at me with a seductive curiosity. Red, as always, tried to look uninterested but was glancing my way out of the corner of her eyes.

“You’re asking me if I like fucking and kicking the ass of bad guys?” I laughed, not really sure how to answer that except to say, “Fuck yes.”

“Thought so.” She shrugged. “I honestly can’t see how anyone would want to spend their life behind a desk, or out working construction or something. I mean, those are both great, for people who need to make a living. But give me fucking and fighting any day. Only fucking you, of course, and only fighting the bad guys.”

“Of course,” Elisa said with a grin. “I imagine the whole part about risking their lives would turn off most people from this lifestyle, but…”

She cocked her head, unfolding her legs and then folding them in a way that gave me a perfect view of downstairs—no panties, apparently.

“You’ve seen Basic Instinct, I take it?” I said after taking a heavy breath.

She shrugged. “You know, I was starting to think I didn’t get all your references and obsessions, so… figured why not. Couldn’t sleep, and it was on some list of great movies.”

“What happened?” Sharon asked from the front seat, apparently having not seen, but I didn’t say anything. Elisa only smiled at me.

“Well, I’m ready for action of every sort,” Pucky said, changing the topic. She was at my side so she could’ve seen the show Elisa gave me, but I wasn’t sure.

“In here?” Elisa asked, glancing around.

I chuckled, thinking she was joking, then adjusted in my seat when her expression became serious. “Honestly, I might need a bit of a break…” I hated to admit it, but was pretty sure my dick was swollen and anything involving the little guy at the moment would hurt as much as it would feel good.

She frowned. “I’ll just have to take it out on the enemy then. With fighting, though, to be clear.”

“We’ve got time,” Red said. “Just… don’t let the driver see you.” She must’ve noticed my look of confusion, because she added a circling motion with her finger, then pointed at Elisa. “Don’t be selfish. Help her out.”

“That’s not necessary,” Elisa said, but her eyes were looking at me with anticipation.

Hell, they’d helped me out plenty of times, and if she was feeling the need enough so that she’d watched the movie and not worn panties, I