Deborah Cooke - Dragonfire 01 by Kiss Of Fire

Author:Kiss Of Fire [Fire, Kiss Of]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Quinn didn’t believe that Sara was going to do what he asked, but short of parking outside of her shop for the day—and earning her animosity—he didn’t know what to do. He set up his booth in poor humor, taking pride in lining up his wares in an orderly fashion. It was going to be another hot day and he was too short of sleep to be amiable.

He had just arranged the drawer pulls and door hardware to his satisfaction when a coin fell and rolled.

Quinn froze.

The silver coin rolled between his feet, spiraled, and fell heads-up right in front of him. He glanced over his shoulder, not really surprised to find Donovan leaning on one pole that supported the awning over Quinn’s booth.

“Blood duel,” Donovan murmured in old-speak.

Quinn snorted. He bent down and picked up the coin. It was a silver dollar, one of the old ones with a higher silver content.

“I save them for special occasions,” Donovan said.

“Glad to know that I’m special,” Quinn replied and put the coin down on his display table.

“Didn’t you hear me?” Donovan demanded. “I challenged you to a blood duel. Or maybe you’ve been away from our kind so long that you’ve forgotten how things are done.”

“I haven’t forgotten anything.”

“Then let’s go.”

Quinn slanted a glance at the other Pyr. “You really don’t want to do this.”

“Wrong, Smith. I really do want to do this.”

Quinn picked up the silver dollar, his gaze locked with Donovan’s, and closed his fist around the coin. He blew into his closed hand and willed the coin to change. He opened his hand a moment later and tossed the coin to Donovan, who caught it despite his surprise.

It had been transformed to show Quinn’s hammer on one side and his mermaid on the other.

“So, you really are the Smith,” Donovan said without admiration. “And you really do have a clue what you’re doing.” He looked Quinn up and down, his attitude unchanged. “That only makes it worse, in my opinion.”

“Makes what worse?”

“Delaney was hit years ago and he never healed right. I used to look out for him; I thought Erik would look out for him.”

“Your argument is with Erik. Call him out for your blood feud.”

Donovan laughed. “My argument is with you, Smith, and we both know it. What’s the matter? Afraid you’ll lose before you’ve secured your legacy with your mate?”

Quinn met the other Pyr’s gaze steadily, giving him one last chance to let it go. “You don’t know what you’re getting into.”

“Then let’s find out.” Donovan tossed the coin back and this time Quinn snatched it out of the air.

“You’re on,” he said, knowing there was only one way to solve this dispute. “But don’t come whining to me when you get hurt.”

Donovan laughed but Quinn had learned a lot since the last time they had seen each other fight. Sara was safe in her shop, with his territory mark around her.

The mermaid was stone cold.

And this wouldn’t take long.

Sara glanced down the aisles and quickly spotted the fallen book.

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