Alaskan Fire (Guardians of the First Realm) by King Sara

Author:King, Sara [King, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-01-30T04:00:00+00:00

* * *

“So whatcha need silver ingots for out in the woods?” Jennie Mae asked, once Blaze put down the phone. If she felt at all awkward that she had been shamelessly listening to Blaze’s phone call, she didn’t mention it.

“Haven’t you been listening to the news?” Blaze asked, swinging her rifle back over her shoulder. “The economy’s on the verge of collapse. Silver and gold are about the only things that are still stable.”

Jennie Mae grimaced. “Ain’t that the truth.” The woman peered up at her. “You really gonna eat yaks?”

“When the government comes crashing down around us?” Blaze said. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ll eat yak.”

Which launched Jennie Mae into a dissertation on the current dismal state of the U.S. government, and how nobody in Washington seemed willing to make any changes, and how the economy was being run by a bunch of crooks. “They’re just lining their pockets with our money,” Jennie Mae growled, and nobody’s got the balls to stop ‘em. “All those earmarks and pork… You listen to Limbaugh? He’s got the whole nation in an uproar about that predator control stuff. Federal government’s trying to step in, when what we really need to do is kick all them wildlife cops out and start managing it ourselves. Leave it to the men and women who live here, not some office worker in Anchorage. Mother Nature’s got cycles, and those dumb bureaucrats back in Washington don’t have the first clue about how to ‘manage’ our resources. Can you believe it? The federal government trying to take over Fish and Game? Like we don’t even own our own damn state anymore…”

Blaze listened as long as she could, making polite nods here and there, but eventually she began to itch to get back home to check on the wereverine. The Ebony Creek Lodge was a beautiful place with plenty of exposed wood and a nice homey feel, but Blaze kept seeing the wrecked insides of Jack’s cabin, knowing that if she didn’t do something soon, sooner or later, the wolves would do the same here.

“I hate to do this to you,” Blaze interrupted after a pause in Jennie Mae’s tirade, “But I’ve really gotta go get back to the lodge. I left Jack to watch the lodge, and he’s got about as much interest in it as a caterpillar’s got earholes.”

At mention of Jack, Jennie Mae’s face darkened. “Don’t know why you had to go hire that man. He’s a rude, ornery jerk. No offense, but most of the neighbors are hoping some hydraulics fail and he guts himself on a tractor blade.”

Blaze grimaced at that idea. “I’m the one running the bulldozer.”

“Well, you get the idea,” Jennie Mae said, stepping to the door, but not opening it. “He’s a bastard. Nobody likes him.”

“He gets the job done,” Blaze said, trying to fight the bristling impulse to tell the woman to get out of her way. “Anyhow, I gotta get going.” She gestured meaningfully at the door.

Jennie Mae didn’t take the hint.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.