Warriors of Poseidon 04 - Atlantis Unmasked

Unmasked - Warriors of Poseidon 04
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    Rhys murmured something under his breath that sounded like a chant or an incantation, then nodded his head toward the door that was opening again. Prevacek and Fuller walked out, and both looked unreasonably smug. They started walking toward where Alexios and the others stood, but for some reason swerved and avoided them, never seeming to notice them.
     
    “Another glamour,” Alexios guessed, and the Fae smiled.
     
    “Let‟s try door number one,” Grace suggested, and they followed her to the door and then slipped inside.
     
    “Bingo,” Grace said, looking around with wide eyes. “This guy has got some money.”
     
    The door in front of them was shaped like a giant porthole, round and with bolts all around. And it was made of some transparent material that showed them another door just like it, but made of steel, behind it.
     
    “Money and security,” Alexios added grimly. “How are we going to get through this?”
     
    Rhys simply waved his hands and chanted something, and the first door gently swung open.
     
    “That‟s handy,” Alexios said.
     
    “Yes, but the extent of what I can do. This inner door is solid, fortified steel, with anti-Fae spells worked into the metal. I am hopeless against—”
     
    The soft snick of lock tumblers falling into place interrupted the elf‟s words and he looked around, stunned to see that Alexios had opened the second door.
     
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    “It‟s a water trick,” Alexios said smugly.
     
    Grace just rolled her eyes. “Enough, boys; can‟t we all just get along?” She took a step into the inner room and whistled, beckoning to them to follow her in. “This is absolutely unbelievable! Vonos must have been collecting treasure forever.”
     
    “This is unbelievable,” she repeated softly. “Look at that!” She pointed to a pyramid-shaped pile of golden objects that looked like it had been raided from an emperor‟s tomb.
     
    “This isn‟t bad, either,” Rhys said dryly, resting a hand on a chest heaped with glittering gems. Rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds filled the chest and overflowed onto the floor around it.
     
    “If the diamond is in there, we‟re in trouble,” she said. “How can we ever go through al of that? Not to mention I can‟t exactly smuggle the whole chest out in my bra.”
     
    Rhys swept his icy gaze over her and then smiled slowly. “I think you might be missing that item of clothing.”
     
    She gasped and looked down at the halter bodice of her dress, only to realize he was right.
     
    “I think I will have your pointy ears on a platter if you mention Grace‟s undergarments again, elf,” Alexios said, lifting a gold-handled, gem-encrusted dagger and pointing it at Rhys.
     
    Grace rolled her eyes. “Seriously? We‟re in the middle of a treasure trove like nobody has ever seen outside of El Dorado, and you‟re going to fight about my bra? We need to get moving before Vonos gets back, because there‟s no way he‟d leave all of this unprotected for long. He‟s no idiot.”
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    “Thank you,” a cold, dry voice said from behind them. “So didn‟t it occur to you that I‟d have security? I‟ve been watching your fumbling expedition from the beginning, curious as to what you were after.”
     
    “Oh, we‟re just lost on the way to the men‟s room,” Rhys said, looking supremely unconcerned.
     
    “That‟s good,” Vonos replied. “I don‟t think a full bladder will bother you when you‟re dead.”

Chapter 29
    Grace was suddenly wishing she‟d taken the time to make one final phone call to Michelle. And to Aunt Bonnie, though she hadn‟t seen her in years. To anybody, really.
    Just to say hi, how are you doing, sorry, I‟m not going to be in touch much after I die an incredibly painful and permanent death this morning.
     
    Yeah. Somehow that would have made her feel just a skinch better.
     
    “Why?” The Primator stared at each of them in turn, obviously trying to use his vamp mojo on them, but he wasn‟t having any luck.
     
    “We wanted to get a chance to ooh and aahhhh, that‟s all,” she offered, since her two companions in crime were remaining woefully silent.
     
    Alexios kicked a pedestal and it smashed to the ground, the sound shockingly loud in the walled-in room. “So, Primator Vonos, I hear you‟ve been