Reason For Vengeance (Dark Vengeance Book 1) by Adrian D Roberts

Author:Adrian D Roberts [Roberts, Adrian D]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-08-11T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Hanna stood there shaking for a long time. She had seen many deaths, but none were as cold and as casual as that. Tern was a rag doll in that woman’s hands. She flung him about as though he was nothing. Shaking her head, she let her instincts finally kick in and staggered out of the alley as fast as her knee would let her. For a moment she considered running back to her apartment and hiding for the rest of her life. That wasn’t in her nature. She composed herself and walked into the bar.

The woman was right where Hanna saw her the last time she walked in, sat in the furthest corner, wearing her dark coat, with her bottle of whisky and her eyes on the table, looking at nothing. Hanna swallowed hard and diverted her gaze, not wanting to meet those eyes again.

Sneaker, Troll and Barney were still at their table and looked surprised to see her. Hanna walked over as casually as she could and slid back into her seat. Her beer still sat on the table in front of her untouched. She hadn’t actually been going to drink much of it beyond a few sips. Small, young and under nourished as she was, alcohol tended to affect her quickly and badly. Mainly she avoided it as she did not want to end up like her mother. She really needed it this time and began to gulp it down as fast as she could.

“Whoa. Slow down, kid,” Sneaker exclaimed. “What happened? Where’s Tern?”

Putting the glass down, Hanna was surprised to find she’d emptied half of it and was even more surprised when a large belch forced its way out.

“Oops. Sorry,” she almost giggled. Getting herself under control she looked at Sneaker and simply said. “Dead.”

He leaned forward, his expression serious. “What happened? This could blow back on all of us. I need to know.”

The image of that cold face dispelled any thought of the truth. “He threw me to the ground, kicked me in the stomach and then in the head.” She told them, keeping as close to what happened as she could. “He must have knocked me out and it wasn’t for long. When I came to I found him lying there. He’d been beaten and his throat smashed.” A small lie mixed with truth normally worked best. “I have no idea who did it.”

Troll gave out a low whistle. “I think someone finally got fed up of him and he didn’t have enough dirt on them to stop it.” Half a pint wasn’t enough and Hanna started on the rest. “What now, Boss? I bet this has changed the plans.”

“Yes it has. We need to move the timetable up. I’ll get in touch with Rush and Judge. You two go and get the warehouse set up. We’ll want to run through the plan a few times before we actually go.”

Troll nodded. “What about that piece of meat outside. Do you want us to dispose of it? I know a great pig farm that would work a treat.

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