Building a Criminal Empire by Logan Jacobs

Author:Logan Jacobs
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

After Ava exited the stables, both Penny and Cimarra went to bed, and that left Dar and me to finish the entire bottle of whiskey together. Dar was pretty bummed we never played the game, but after a few gulps of whiskey, nothing mattered to him anymore, and that’s precisely what we both needed.

For nothing to matter for a few hours.

As expected, the whiskey made us both crash hard.

I woke up a few hours later in my bed of hay with Azure curled around my feet. I stretched out my legs, forced my brain to wake up, and then planned out the day.

It had been a while since I last spoke with Selius, and I just wanted to get an update from him, even if the kid didn’t hear from Wilimar or his gang yet.

There was just something about waiting that I hated, though. Was it the need for an answer that may not exist? Or was I just that impatient?

Either way, I just wanted to fucking find Hebal, and it was driving me nuts that he was still out in the realm, thinking he was some kind of genius and had out maneuvered me. Maybe it was my pride speaking, but that fucker had underestimated me for the last time, and he’d know that soon enough.

“Dar?” I yelled out, and my voice seemed to echo in my brain. I had forgotten what a hangover felt like. “We gotta get up.”

“Huh?” Dar groaned from his bed of hay. “Why?”

“We got work to do,” I said as I sat up and cracked my neck to the side. “We need to check on the kid and visit the twins, remember?”

“Who?” Dar yawned as he sat up, squinted at me, and brushed a few pieces of hay off his face.

“Selius and the halfling twins … fuck what were their names?” I rubbed my head that felt like it was being crushed by two bricks. “Wyatt and …”

“Tully?” Dar yawned.

“Sully!” I said as I clapped my hand and startled Azure. “We gotta meet with Wyatt and Sully.”

“Alright, sure, but wasn’t the kid supposed to come to us if he got any news about Hebal?” Dar asked as he scratched his arm.

“Yeah.” I nodded. “I just got a gut feeling to check on him first, that’s all.”

“Alright,” Dar said as he sat up and stretched his arms over his head. “Gimmie a sec.”

“No rush,” I added. “I need to wash up too.”

We both meandered to the water kegs, rehydrated as best as we could, washed our faces, and then got dressed.

“When do you want to start the next batch of whiskey?” Dar put on his cloak and then took a rag and cleaned his feet.

“Soon,” I replied. “If Penny gets the tubs cleaned today, then very soon. But, for now, we have more than enough made for the theatre.”

“What about the twins’ orders? Are we sure they even want more?” Dar questioned.

“That’s why we need to check in on them and ask,” I said. “They told me as soon as the elves left, they’d want to buy more.

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