DARK HEARTED (The COIL Series) by Telbat D.I

Author:Telbat, D.I. [Telbat, D.I.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Telbat's Tablet
Published: 2012-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Fourteen

"Corban, with all due respect, you cannot pit her against some club junkie of Bernard's! He doesn't have weaklings working for him—I know! June's a civilian. This is absurd! Listen, Corban, I don't tell you how to run business, but in this circumstance, you need to get her out of the country—after you wash that ink off her neck. And I can't believe you shaved her head!"

Rupert Mach was the only one among the COIL men who dared to speak so boldly to Corban, though Corban was fifteen years his senior. Still in his leathers, Corban's bandaged head was now obvious, since his beret was on the bed. Behind Rupert, June was being drilled by Bruno and Scooter in the art of hand-to-hand combat.

June hadn't changed out of her December costume yet, either. She seemed to be enjoying the attention and appeared to be not the least bit concerned. In a few hours, she was to face a rabid and perhaps veteran fighter in the underground club as several hundred primal addicts watched.

"I know Bernard Heisenberg," Rupert repeated. "He wouldn't have set this up unless he could get something big out of it. This woman, Vulgar, she's probably a pro, Corban! Did you get a good look at her knuckles? See any scars? Disfigurement of her face? There's a guy I know who could drive June back to France by midnight. No sense in getting—"

"No," Corban stated firmly. "June made a good point earlier. If we pull out of the challenge now, we lose our cover. And the data I gave to Bernard would lose its vitality. We need Bernard's gossip circle to isolate Xacsin."

"Xacsin was really with a black woman, huh?" Rupert asked. "That info was legit? Since it's all from six years ago, before he began the whole Abaddon bit, you think this will even affect him now?"

"It's all legit," Corban assured. "His whole Wend gig now is new.

Semi-new, anyway. But none of that matters if we don't show up at midnight tonight. We need Bernard's ability to pass on and vouch for the word that Xacsin is a marked man. It'll shut him down somewhat, not to mention shake up his nerves. His own people will begin to turn on him, avoid him."

"He controls them. I don't think they'll turn on him."

"Well, he won't be able to hire anyone else, at least. His career is over—as a White Supremacist, anyway."

"So, you're going through with this?" Rupert shook his head in frustration. "I don't recommend it, but I guess it could work. Using June as a prop was a good move, but this? And you won't even tell us what happened to your head? Maybe that's what this is all about—you're simply not thinking straight from this head injury."

"It's an unorthodox move, Rupert, I agree and admit that. Believe me, I wanted to avoid it, but now we don't have a choice. We have to proceed; we have to follow through tonight."

"What if she loses? I mean, that's a probability.

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