Earp & Chandra by C P Rider

Author:C P Rider [Rider, C P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: VC Group, LLC
Published: 2020-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Chandra figured the truck was doing about fifty miles per hour when it hit the fence.

She estimated this because she had seen videos of semi-trucks hitting cable anti-ram barriers at fifty mph, and the end result looked very similar. The cab of the half-ton truck, as Lucas had warned, was crushed. In fact, the front lower half of the vehicle resembled a flatbed trailer, while the front upper half looked more like a crumpled-up piece of paper.

"Who in the gold-plated goddamn was stupid enough to ram the fence?" Earp yelled as he and Carter Reid sped through the front door. "And why didn't anyone call me? I helped put that fence up. I wanted to see what she could do."

Alpha Blacke pursed his lips as he surveyed the demolished truck on the other side of his fence. "The security cameras picked it up, I'm sure. I'll throw it up on the projection TV in the living room later and we'll pop popcorn." He stared through the improbably intact fence at Alpha Jessup. "Good thing your wolf jumped out before the truck hit the fence or we'd be recovering his body with an eyedropper."

"Exactly what the hell is that fence made of?" Jessup demanded.

"If I told you, I'd have to kill you," Alpha replied. Then he chuckled. "Not really. It's made from a shitload of steel. Different kinds. Some that aren't readily available to the mainstream marketplace. Also, and this is really the secret sauce, I had a wizard spell the materials before construction. Every component. From the fibers in the cable to the aluminum in the rail covers. Pricey, but as you can see, totally worth it."

"I'll say." Chandra picked up a section of crumpled metal that had flown over the fence to land in the yard. She tapped the fence post with it. "Look at that. Zero damage."

"That's Miguel's truck," Carter Reid stomped off the porch and up to the fence, to where Alpha Jessup stood on the other side. "He needs it for work. Why would you make him do that?"

"I didn't do it. You did, selfish boy."

"I am neither guilty, nor am I a boy. Leave. Imogen and I have declared ourselves refugees and have requested sanctuary with the Blacke group. Alpha Blacke has agreed. As per statute six of the—"

"That fucking treaty," Alpha Jessup snapped. She booted a rock into the street, kicking up a cloud of dirt. "No one gives a shit about it and you know it, Carter."

"I care." Lucas squinted, lifted his shoulders. "Sometimes. Most of the time, I mean. Like fifty percent—"

"Alpha Blacke, you will hand over my shifters or I will destroy this nowhere town."

Lucas's eyes flashed gold. He was a reasonable person, but one thing you did not do was ride into his town and threaten his people. "Will you?" The two words sounded as if they were chipped out of ice.

Alpha Jessup stomped around on her side of the fence. "I'm here to pick up my people. I am within my rights to challenge you for them.

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