drazuki
"So your trip was prosperous?" his patron asked with a knowing smile. Gallows just shrugged. "I suppose it was, sir. I brought you back the head of a Gorgon, after all."
Setting down the watch, she looked up at the clerk. "I'd like to buy this."
The clerk picked up the watch and examined it closely. "I don't suppose you know what this is, do you?"
"I know what it is," she said, pulse quickening as she wondered if the clerk knew what it really was and would ask for the price it was worth—not the price it was marked.
"You've been warned," she said coolly, setting down the revolver on the table. "Please don't make me repeat myself."
He looked down at the revolver, which was half-melted and still glowing like a hot coal.
"That...okay, I admit that was frightening," he muttered.
"Patience!" he snapped, rapping her knuckles. She frowned and rubbed them. "Then why don't YOU be patient about me LEARNING to be patient, sir?"
"Then what?" asked Thomas, staring as the caterpillar kept encasing itself in silky threads. "Then it becomes a moth," replied his mother, holding him close. "Butterflies are overated."
There was a little pouch in the front of the dress, barely seen among the folds of stain, where she could hide the poison. What she really wanted was a ring like Lucrezia Borgia, but they were far too expensive and obvious.
"It's upstairs," said the owner, tucking away a box of antique postcards. "Third floor, I think. It's been awhile since someone asked for that." I nodded, thanked him, and went to find the stairs.
"You have far too many hats," declared Tobias, staring at Lambert's collection. "I know," sighed the dragon. "And my horns make it harder to find ones that fit."
The pinball machine started to flash the word "TILT!" in big LED red letters, and Josephine felt like tipping it over in frustration.
He kept calling her and calling her. It was a bit annoying, but she supposed if you were out in the middle of nowhere, people assumed you were bored. She wasn't bored or lonely. She wished he'd stop calling.
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