Dark Warrior: Kid (Dark Cloth Series Book 2) by Wolfe Lenore

Author:Wolfe, Lenore [Wolfe, Lenore]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Triquetra Press
Published: 2015-05-08T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Illusive as the Shadows

A man moved out of the shadows of an alley between two buildings, slowly making his way to the end of the street. The man, dressed in dark clothes, blended easily with the shadows. Every inch of him layered, covered in darkness, except for a crescent scar that peeked out occasionally from one wrist, where his gloves came together to meet his shirt.

The scar might have come from a burn—or from some kind of knife. That was the life this man had chosen—a long time ago. But if you’d asked him, he’d have told you it had been chosen for him.

Anyone else would think he’d had an easy, even blessed life, so why would he chose debauchery and allow hate to consume him. Yet the man only saw what had been denied him—not what had been given. Always, he wanted more, as though this were a hunger—that couldn’t be fed.

The man had spent a lifetime perfecting what it took—in getting what he wanted. Right now, he wanted to find someone he sought—to carry out his next well-laid plan.

When he finally spotted him, he made his way down to where he stood, glancing around once again, as he’d done more than a dozen times already, for anyone who might have followed him there.

That wouldn’t do at all.

Seeing no one, he crossed over to where the other man waited.

“Took you long enough,” the man snarled, as soon as he saw him break from the shadows.

Just as quick, a blade shot out and nicked the man’s throat, where it came to rest near his collar. “Shut-up,” he hissed.

The man swallowed. “No call to go and get so uptight,” he whined, now.

For a long moment, he seemed to debate whether to use the knife. Finally, he pulled it away. He took a small, dark bag of coins out of his pocket, tossing it at him instead. “Do you know where to find her?”

The man nodded.

“Watch out for her blade,” he told him.

He saw him swallow, but he nodded.

Fool, he thought. The man no more stood a chance against her blade than a child against a cougar. But he’d serve his purpose.

When he got back to his room, he paced in the dark. Coming to stand in front of the window, he swiped everything off the table to the floor.

“Damn, her,” he hissed.

She should have been dead by now. Every time he had to go out to meet someone, the way he had to tonight—he took a risk that he’d be found out. The sneaky little wench had even managed to keep from being killed as a child.

Oh, yeah, she’d done that. She’d been a small child, but she’d somehow escaped the wrath of the man who’d determined her fate. He still didn’t know who had betrayed them—but someone had known she’d be next. And that someone had stolen her right out from under their people.

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