From Hell's Heart by K T Davies

Author:K T Davies [Davies, K T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scimitar Media Ltd.
Published: 2020-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

“Nothing I can do, Cobb. Sorry.” Phyllocanus folded all of his arms.

Cobb put his head in his hands. “What am I supposed to do with the girl?”

“I don’t know…take her to the skin market?”

“Sell her?” Cobb’s eyes bulged on their stalks.

Even Hammerhand looked like he was going to punch the bug-headed cunt. I kept my feelings to myself. Mostly because of late, losing my temper had been extremely detrimental to life.

Phyllocanus gave a rattling sigh. “I can see by the expressions on your faces you’ve made the novice mistake of growing to like the baggage.”

Neither answered. Phyllocanus turned to me. “You see my problem? This Ludo person is already ensconced in the court. I’ve seen him myself, and they love him. Not to mention, the Empirifex would rather spend his gold on a fucking ziggurat than greenshanks, which contrary to what you might think, is not good for my other business.”

“Aye, I understand, you’re spending precious resources defending your turf and your goods from opportunists now there’s no city guard you can bribe to look out for you.”

“Exactly. Now, if you could explain that to the good captain, I’d be much obliged.”

“I don’t want you to do anything. Just vouch for me, and I’ll do the rest,” Cobb pleaded.

“What part of vouch don’t you understand? If I vouch for you, and you cause trouble, I’ll be in deep and deadly shite.”

“I’ll pay you.”

“You don’t have enough gold.”

“Please.”

“No.”

“There must be something that could make it worth your while?”

Phyllocanus rested his head on his hands. It was an excellent impression of someone pretending to think about something they had already decided. “I really shouldn’t get involved, but I like you Cobb. There is this one, trifling thing you could do for me.”

“We help you, and you get us into the court?”

The Butcher smiled. “Help me, and I can get one of you in.”

Cobb spat in his palm and held out his hand. “Deal.”

“I don’t know why people feel the need to do that.” Phyllocanus shook Cobb’s hand. “Deal.”

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