Heroes 'Til Curfew by Susan Bischoff

Author:Susan Bischoff [Bischoff, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Supernatural, Paranormal romance, young adult, superheroes, teen, superhero, YA, high school, psychic, superpowers, abilities, telekinesis, metahumans
Publisher: Susan Bischoff
Published: 2011-10-06T01:51:07+00:00

Chapter 12

Marco

“Hey, jailbird, how was your time in the slammer?” My laugh echoed off the walls of the industrial plant that housed my new lair. Way better than the last one, I might add.

My cousin just glared at me, which somehow made it funnier. I think he was afraid to talk, though. Vivian probably gave him an earful in the car on the way back from the lock-up. I know she really let me have it already, and she probably wasn’t done yet.

She shoved Tony from behind, taking him by surprise so that he stumbled forward and almost fell into me. Which wasn’t cool because I was leaning on the railing overlooking the huge, concrete tank. I figured the tank was probably used to collect some kind of toxic run-off from whatever they used to make here, and then they let it drain into the river. Before some bleeding-heart environmentalist started crying about the poor widdle fishies and shut them down. Whatever. Their loss, my gain.

“Do you boys have any idea the trouble you’ve put me through? And, more importantly, the trouble you’ve put my bosses through? They are not pleased.”

I thought about slamming her back against the wall and giving her something to be pleased about. I wondered what was under that trench coat besides the stripper-special boots.

“The Syndicate’s not going to tolerate another screw-up like this. This idiot went and got caught,” she looked at Tony like she wanted to spit on him, “and you did a lot of damage to a store that was supposed to be under your protection.”

I shrugged. “He was late with his payment.”

“So you go in there and take some stuff, do some minor damage, embarrass him, scare him a little. Something to remind him to take you seriously. You don’t inhibit his ability to do business.”

“That was the plan! It was Joss and Dylan who came in and fucked everything up.”

“The same Dylan that screwed up your bank job and broke your crew? The same Joss you let get evidence of your Talent, who fucked up that adorable little blackmail thing you had going, got in the way of your recent bookstore robbery, and destroyed your last place of business? How many times are you going to let them take what’s yours, Marco? How much longer are you going to let those kids stand between you and what you say you want? Because let me tell you something: I’m already sick of this little shit-hole town of yours. That NIAC-affiliated idiot at the high school has provided me with about all the intel he’s gonna, and I’m sick of letting him grab my ass just to make sure he stays off yours.”

Tony reached out and picked up a bright red curl of hair that was lying on her chest. “Aw, poor Viv. If you want, I can—”

Tony was becoming a real moron lately, and, with a nerve strike to his arm and a roundhouse kick, Vivian put him on the ground.

“The only

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