Power Mage 4 by Hondo Jinx

Author:Hondo Jinx [Jinx, Hondo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

17

Dave cloaked the bio-plate so others would see only wood paneling.

Brawley and Frankie placed the last sheet into the truck and were almost finished loading their other purchases when a white truck pulled up alongside them.

Brawley set a fan in the truck bed and straightened.

The tinted passenger’s window rolled down like a dark cloud drifting out of view, revealing the pale moon of Blanton Cherry’s smiling face. “Well, saw my legs off and call me Shorty. If it isn’t my favorite neighbor, Brawley Hayes. And who, might I ask, is the vision of absolute loveliness accompanying you?”

Behind the wheel, Jarvis’s big shaved head leaned into view, the eyes covered again by wraparound shades. Even Jarvis’s jaw muscles looked like they could bench four hundred pounds. The fucker had to be a Carnal.

“Don’t concern yourself with her, Cherry,” Brawley said.

Blanton Cherry leaned back and put a hand to his chest, feigning shock. He wore a navy blue suit jacket, a crisp white shirt buttoned to the top, and a white stockman’s hat. “Now that’s downright unhospitable, son. I was only trying to be neighborly was all.” Turning to Frankie, Cherry said, “Miss, allow me to introduce myself.”

“Save it,” Frankie said in a deadpan voice. “If Brawley doesn’t like you, I don’t even want to know your name.”

Jarvis burst into rasping laughter. He might’ve been wearing shades, but his leering appraisal of Frankie was obvious.

Dude was toeing a line he’d regret crossing.

Blanton Cherry, on the other hand, was still acting. “Now that’s just hurtful. And I was always told that Texan women were sweeter than peach cobbler. Live and learn, live and learn. Brawley, I had a sneaking suspicion I’d see you here.”

“Is that right?” Brawley said, throwing the last of his purchases into the truck. Turning to Frankie, he said, “Get in the truck, darlin.”

Without a word, she went around the other side.

Cherry watched her go, then said, “First of all, I was greatly distressed to hear about last night’s altercation.”

Brawley shrugged. “No big deal. Your boys crossed the line, so I put them in their place.”

“The whole bunch of them, huh? All by yourself?”

Brawley nodded. “Too bad you weren’t with them.”

Cherry smiled at that.

Beside him, the musclebound driver sneered, “Maybe I’ll come next time.”

“That works, hoss,” Brawley said. “Or you could cut the cutesy shit, come on out, and I’ll clean your plow for you right now.”

“You’re on, bitch!” the big guy shouted, but Cherry placed a hand on his driver’s massive shoulder and told him to relax.

Turning to Brawley with a sickly-sweet smile, Cherry said, “Son, I didn’t come here to squabble. As far as I’m concerned, whatever happened between my men and you is water under the bridge.” The fake smile widened. “Or perhaps, given our current geological situation, I should rather say it’s dust in the wind.”

Brawley started to climb into his own truck. “You call it whatever you want, Cherry. I got work to do.”

“Please,” Cherry said, “just a moment longer.”

Brawley’s Seeker senses rippled, releasing a mist of defensive skepticism.

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