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Chapter 1
Maddie intuitively sensed trouble brewing, serious trouble, the kind that frequently resulted in violence
and death. After three years on the job she could read the atmosphere in the Booze N' Broads like an
expert tracker could read animal prints in the mud or snow. She knew there would be trouble, and she
knew who would be the cause.

"Fill 'er up again, sweetheart!" came the lusty cry from one of the three grungy men clustered at the east
end of the bar.

Reluctantly Maddie complied, walking over and reaching for his mug.

With a flick of his left arm, quick as a striking rattler, the customer grabbed her right wrist. "Hold on
there, honey," he said, leering and winking. "Are you lookin' for a good time?"

Maddie looked into his bloodshot eyes. "What if I am?"

He puffed up his chest and chuckled. "Then you want a real man to show you how to have some fun!"

Slowly, aware the other patrons were watching the exchange, Maddie used her green eyes to rake the
lean braggart from his thatch of brown hair, over his deer-hide shirt and wool pants, to his scuffed brown
boots. "I sure do," she agreed, grinning, hoping her humor would defuse his arrogance. "Know where I
can find one?"

A peal of laughter erupted from the dozen onlookers. Everyone laughed except the man seated at a table
situated in the southeast corner of the room, his huge form shrouded in shadows.

Maddie flinched as the pressure on her wrist increased, and she saw the customer's brown eyes narrow
angrily. "Do you want a refill or not?" she demanded.

"Maybe I want more than another brew," he said.

She refused to be intimidated by his belligerence. Experience had taught her that if she gave a drunk an
inch, he'd take a mile. "There are three pros in the back. Pay the fee and you can have all the fun you can
handle."

"Maybe I don't want a damned whore."

"Whatever. Just let go of my wrist."

The braggart jerked his face closer to hers, causing her ribs to gouge the edge of the bar. "Maybe I want
you," he declared.

His buddies snickered.

Maddie gritted her teeth and tried to pull her wrist free, but the braggart was too strong for her.