Past Due by Elliott Kay

Author:Elliott Kay [Kay, Elliott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Erotica
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2020-06-01T20:00:00+00:00

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"Alright, he’s gone." Carter looked over his shoulder, making sure the monitor room door didn’t open right back up again as he spoke. "Stepped out for a minute. Private channel so we can talk. Rico, they just blew you off?"

"Back to back," came Rico’s voice. "Roman couldn’t be bothered about Lorelei. Seemed like his raging boner took over his brain functions. Michiko jumped right in on Alex and his date. When I tried to talk to her she said they don’t hold grudges."

"Didn’t stop him from being a wise-ass over the mic," Austin grumbled. Carter looked up to his screens, where he found Austin crossing from a hallway to a new post at the ballroom entrance.

The monitor check took Carter’s eyes to Wes walking the ballroom floor right before he spoke. "Yup. Sounds like he holds a grudge."

"Yeah, and we’ve seen Lorelei grab men by the dick before," said Dwayne. He stood to one side of the open double-door exit leading from the ballroom into the hallway and the rest of the mansion. "We know where that leads."

"That’s what I told the big bosses when I caught them before they entered," said Rico. "Told them about the colonel and the fight in Iraq. The boss lady repeated that same line we got from Michiko about how magic pulls on itself. Said coincidences are more common, people get drawn together without intending it, something like that. She also said relations on this level are complicated and yesterday’s enemy can be tomorrow’s ally."

"Did she pat you on the head and call you a good kid, too?" muttered Carter. He regretted it as soon as it came out of his mouth.

"Almost," said the team leader, entirely to Carter’s surprise. Rico usually shut down that kind of talk. He had to be frustrated to let it slide. "The boss man gave me a, ‘Thanks, we’ll handle it,’ like he’s telling me it’s above our pay grade."

"Maybe it is?" Dwayne ventured. "I was watching when Lorelei came in. A couple of VIPs took off like they owed her money. Little bro’s squeeze ran over and knelt in front of her, too."

"Saw that," said Carter. "I replayed the audio to make sure I caught it right. ‘Conqueror of Perdition.’ Internet says that’s basically Hell."

"Lots of these people came in talking wild shit about themselves," said Austin.

"Yeah, but there ain’t nobody kneeling for the rest of ‘em," said Wes. "What the fuck are we into here?"

"Magic and monsters," Rico answered. "We already dealt with zombies and fire spirits. We knew this goes deep."

"Ain’t the part I’m really worried about," said Dwayne. "I don’t know what we’re doing here if the bosses won’t even listen to a warning."

"Getting paid with solid benefits," said Austin. "If they don’t want to listen, that’s their call."

"I think they are listening," Rico countered. "The big bosses, anyway. They’ve got a different perspective. Different priorities. ‘Need to know’ is nothing new for us, right?"

"So we let it go and if they

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