A Few Good Fish by Amy Lane

Author:Amy Lane [Lane, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-816-4
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

THE BRIG was about as cheery as the rest of the building—and even though they weren’t sitting in one of the two ten-by-twelve cells that made up half the space, the sound of the door slamming shut behind them was oppressive as fuck. Ellery met Ace’s eyes tensely until they both heard the bolt slide home, and then Ellery found a desk chair and slumped into it in relief.

Ace caught his eye again and touched his ear cautiously. Were they bugged?

Ellery shrugged and tilted his hand. Maybe? Lacey hadn’t had much time to prepare for them, even if he’d tracked Ellery’s phone from his fuck up that morning—and their tech seemed truly spotty. But then, who wanted to find out the hard way?

“I guess I love your mother,” Ace said, and Ellery half laughed.

“She probably still terrifies you,” he said. “You call her Lucy Satan.”

Ace laughed tensely, and together they looked around. The office was pretty bare—even the desks were empty—not a pencil or paper clip to be seen. Dust had accumulated in the corners of the tile, and the last drawer Ellery checked might possibly have had a dead cockroach in the bottom. Ellery slammed it shut too fast to be sure.

Ace shut his own drawer on the other side of the room, and they convened in the center of the room again, sinking into the squeaky office chairs that remained. Ellery pulled his phone from the front pocket of his sweats and was unsurprised to see one of his apps flashing. He pointed to it and nodded, and Ace nodded back. He understood.

For a moment he considered just calling Jackson—or at least texting him—but (a) if they were miked, that would mean Jackson could be walking into a trap, and (b) if there was any sort of monitoring whatsoever, it would give away the advantage of the phone entirely.

“How’d you know about the land mines?” Ellery asked, figuring it was a neutral question.

“There were piles of disturbed dirt—grass growing on top but still red. Probably a few months old.” He sighed. “Hard to get grass to grow out here. Need to import potting soil and sod and shit. Fucking desert.”

This seemed to be a cause dear to his heart, and Ellery’s own heart ached a little. Jackson had called Ace and Sonny rattlesnakes—deadly to outside forces but actually fairly sweet to each other. Trying to grow a lawn was such a domestic thing to do.

“I’m sorry you got hauled into this,” he said softly. “That was not… not the plan.”

Ace’s mouth twisted. “Bad guys. They will frequently fuck up your plans.”

And Ellery was forgiven—like that. Jackson had been right, really. Yeah, Ace had probably killed his fellow officer, but if the guy had been anything like Tim Owens, and had been after Sonny, Ellery couldn’t say he wouldn’t have done the same. He used to think he had a moral edge over the people he defended, but that fall he’d been forced to prioritize Jackson’s life, his mental

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