Snuff the Magic Dragon (And Other Bombay Family Bedtime Stories) (Greatest Hits Mysteries)
“John Billington stumbled around the woods, drunk on beer (sadly, the only spirit we had here) and cursing at the branches. He cursed at people too, in fact, not any differently than he did inanimate objects. I once watched him spend half an hour cursing at a stone. It was quite a creative use of words. Not sure how you can call a rock a “bastard from the bowels of hell,” but he did, and he did it with flair.
It was my job to follow him. It was my job to kill him. And I still didn’t have any... idea how I was going to do that. No matter—a contract was unbreakable. And I would be stuck here, on the other end of the world, until I accomplished it.
Oh, don’t get me wrong. I didn’t mind traveling for the day job. At the age of twenty-two, I still had all my teeth. That was something. And I’d yet to need a blood-let by leech. So I suppose the travel kept me young. It was just…well, this was way farther than any Bombay had traveled before.MoreLess
It was my job to follow him. It was my job to kill him. And I still didn’t have any... idea how I was going to do that. No matter—a contract was unbreakable. And I would be stuck here, on the other end of the world, until I accomplished it.
Oh, don’t get me wrong. I didn’t mind traveling for the day job. At the age of twenty-two, I still had all my teeth. That was something. And I’d yet to need a blood-let by leech. So I suppose the travel kept me young. It was just…well, this was way farther than any Bombay had traveled before.MoreLess
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