Page 86 of Game on Askole

“No. What’s he done now?”

“He ate all the chocolate.”

“What!”

“And most of the chips and salsa,”Detja added.

A big black cat strolled into the office.

Speak of the devil.“You ate our chocolate?”

“Another shipment arrives from Earth tomorrow,”Adan responded without an ounce of remorse.

“That doesn’t justify your actions. It’s that time of the month, and I need my chocolate.”

Abracadabra!Adan transformed back into his true form. A tentacle grabbed me.“Then I will take you to Earth for more.”

I yanked and tugged at the tentacle.“Oh, hell no! Let go of me!”

“You said you wanted chocolate.”The little brat dragged me closer.

“Dammit! Let go!”I hung on to the desk for dear life. “Detja! Help! I found him.”

“We help Momma.”Musa flew in with KeeKee on her back.

KeeKee pelted Adan with web balls while Musa spewed fire at the tentacle holding me.

He released me and tried to catch Musa, who evaded him easily.

“Don’t you dare hurt my kids!”I yelled.

“Your kids?”

Musa landed on my shoulder, and KeeKee scrambled to my head to peer at Adan.“Who that?”

“This is Adan. He is a shape shifter. That means he can take different forms.”

Musa jabbered and KeeKee translated,“Want see.”

Like magic, KeeKee’s double appeared.

“Do again! Do again!”

Adan obliged and became a large flowering plant in a clay pot.

Two seconds later, Detja and the Overlord teleported into the room.

A low growl rumbled in Zarek’s chest as he grabbed the potted plant and heaved it out the open doors. It hit the lake with a loudsplash!

An eerie, shrieking howl sounded from the water.

“What the hell?”

“Adan hates getting wet,” Zarek answered with a satisfied smile.

I eyed the lake nervously. “He won’t try to eat you now, will he?”

“No. Adan’s psychic skills are no match for mine. He knows I will kill him if he harms any of my people.”

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