Grave Magic Bounty by Mayer Shannon

Author:Mayer, Shannon [Mayer, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hijinks Ink Publishing
Published: 2020-02-16T06:00:00+00:00

14

Sweat and rain ran down the middle of my back as I tried to work through the anger that had caught me by surprise when Monica had announced that Gran’s house was going on the auction block.

The training grounds were slick with mud from a sudden rain, and the dark made the run that much more treacherous.

I did my laps slowly, still walking part of the way. But it was better than the first run. Kind of. The anger pushed me forward, and by the end of the run, the worst of it had passed through me.

“What’s got your knickers in a knot, lass?” Eammon asked as I clumped into the underground training area.

“You’re talking to me now?” I shot him a look. “Very mature of you.”

Eammon beckoned for me to follow him. I considered ignoring him the way he’d ignored me most of the week. Then again, he was supposed to be helping me get through this training so I could make enough money to buy back Gran’s house. Something I wanted more than ever. An auction maybe wasn’t the worst thing. If no one wanted the house it could go cheaper than a list price. Of course, the opposite was true too, and I had no doubt that Crash’s pockets were deeper than my own.

Yes, I had a crap ton of debt, but the debt wasn’t really mine, and I needed to save Gran’s house. I needed to. That was all there was to that.

I sighed and followed Eammon to a smaller room off the main larger one. Eammon sat at a desk that had clearly been made for him, owing to the size, and he pointed to the chair across from him. “I have an idea for how to get you out of Crash’s debt, in a reasonable manner. It will cover the true cost of the daggers and sheath, so as to not offend him, without overpaying him.”

My eyebrows went up. “Really?”

He nodded. “We were approached last week by a client who thinks he’s being stalked. We did a cursory look into it, and there’s no evidence anything is stalking him. He’s a bit paranoid.”

I leaned back in the chair. “He needs a babysitter from nothing?”

Eammon nodded. “We were going to turn him away, but if you take it, it’ll technically be your first bounty. It won’t be a big payout, so you’d only need to give Crash far less than a bigger bounty.” He smiled and again that twinkle was there.

“You’re a bit of a sneaky leprechaun.” I smiled and shook a finger at him. But I could use the money. Maybe I could even go to the auction for Gran’s house. Maybe . . .

Shoot, it was a dream, but sometimes dreams were what kept you going through the mud and the rain. “Okay, I’ll take the job. When does it start?”

“You’d go now, work for him for four days, $500 a day, that’s two grand.” Eammon slid a paper across to me with a name and address on it.

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