"Lover At Last" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ward, J.R.)

тАЬWhat the hell do you think youтАЩre doing?тАЭ she said, leaning into him.

тАЬTrez!тАЭ someone barked.

Abruptly, his head of securityтАЩs voice cut into his brain. And good thing. Shadows were a peaceable species by natureтАФprovided they were not aggressed upon.

As Xhex rushed over, like she knew murder was not one hundred percent out of the realm of possibility, he ripped his arm free of that hold, feeling five blazes of pain from the womanтАЩs nails. Locking down his fury, he stared into the womanтАЩs face. тАЬGo on home now.тАЭ

тАЬYou owe me an explanationтАФтАЭ

He shook his head. тАЬIтАЩm not your boyfriend, baby girl.тАЭ

тАЬDamn straight, he know how to treat a woman!тАЭ

тАЬSo go on home to him,тАЭ Trez said grimly.

тАЬWhat do you do, fuck a different girl every night of the week?тАЭ

тАЬYeah. And sometimes twice on Sundays.тАЭ Shit, he should have scrubbed this one. When had he been with her? Two nights ago? Three? Too late now. тАЬGo on home to your man.тАЭ

тАЬYou make me sick! You fucking cocksucking motherfuckerтАФтАЭ

As Xhex stepped in between them and started speaking in a low voice to the hysteric, Trez was more than happy to have the backupтАжbecause what do you know, the chick in the Nissan picked that exact moment to K-turn in the parking lot and drive right on over.

Putting her window down, she smiled like she was into being the other woman. тАЬIтАЩll see you soon, lover.тАЭ

Cue the crying: Baby girl with the pink parka, the boyfriend and the attachment disorder burst into a weeping jag worthy of a grave site.

Annnnnnnnd naturally that was when iAm showed up.

As his brotherтАЩs presence registered, Trez closed his eyes.

Great. Just fucking wonderful.





SEVEN


About ten blocks away from TrezтАЩs bad-to-worse night, Xcor was wiping the blade of his scythe off with a chamois cloth that was soft as a lambтАЩs ear.

Across the alley, Throe was on his phone, talking in a low voice. He had been thus eтАЩer since the third of the three lessers theyтАЩd found in this quadrant of the city had been discharged back to the Omega.

Xcor was not interested in any delay, cellular or otherwise. The rest of his Band of Bastards were elsewhere downtown, seeking out either or both of their two enemiesтАФand he would prefer to be engaged thusly.

But biological needs must. Goddamn it.

Throe ended his call and looked over, his handsome face drawn in serious lines. тАЬShe is willing.тАЭ