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The Chain: Link 6
Date: 10/9/2014, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: PervyStoryteller, Rating: 2, Source: LushStories
could trust the cabbie or not. As soon as they were inside, she might be jumped by a whole group of men and… No, best not let her imagination go there. On the other hand, she was sitting here with a cab driver with a pixelated head. That in itself was madness. So maybe there was something in that figurine business. “Shall we go?” the cabbie said. “You won’t regret it.” Tess wasn’t so sure. In the end she followed the cabbie into the building for no better reason than that the alternative seemed to be to sit alone in a taxi in a scary car-park. The door opened straight into a store room full of cardboard boxes, some with Asian lettering, and racks of clothes. About fifteen yards in on the left, there was a makeshift office, with a man sitting there. He smiled when he saw them. He was dressed smartly in a suit and tie. “This must be Tess,” he said, addressing the cabbie rather than her, and not bothering to get up. “Tess, meet Basher,” the cabbie said to her. Basher? Tess thought. This was going from really bad to worse. What kind of man was called Basher? Only one kind as far as she was concerned. “Don’t worry,” the cabbie said. “Basher’s a pussy cat really.” Basher smirked. Rifling through papers on his desk, he eventually found the one he was looking for. “Tess!” he said, finally addressing her. “Since you’ve kissed the figurine and recited the incantation, we already have your consent, in a manner of speaking.” Tess’ stomach lurched. Shit, this really was for real, somehow, ...