Seven Wonders by Adam Christopher - Sample Chapters

the sound echoing metallically through the filters in her mask. The Cowl chuckled, but stopped quickly and wrapped a hand over his side as he coughed.

“Oh, don’t make me laugh. You won’t like me when I laugh.”

He resumed his one-handed tapping at the keyboard; four keystrokes later, a new folder opened on the gigantic screen. The Cowl leaned forward, just a little.

Blackbird watched him for a moment, tapping the panel beneath her.

“What happened to the cloak?”

“It weighs a ton when it’s wet. I dumped it upstairs. You been busy?”

Blackbird stood, and moved behind the Cowl’s chair. Reaching around the wide, winged back, she rested her hands on his shoulders and her chin on his head. Her voice fell to a whisper.

“Oh yes. We’ve received the second transmission.

Two to go and we’ll be able to plot the coordinates exactly. I’ve also extracted the data from that.”

She pulled his chair around and pointed it off to the right. Ahead, on a third shadowed platform apparently floating above the cavern’s abyss, was a long table surrounded by medical equipment. On the table lay the mortal remains of Mr Ballard, late of the California Cooperative Bank. The man’s head was missing.

The Cowl swiveled the chair around to face Blackbird. She reached forward, behind his neck, and tugged. The Cowl’s skullcap and facemask came off