Savages_A Jason King Thriller by Matt Rogers

Author:Matt Rogers [Rogers, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

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The door opened on the third try.

King battled with the lock, shoving the single rusting key forward at a series of different angles until finally the rotting wood gave in and the door groaned on its hinges. He let Brody through first and followed the man into a tiny one-bedroom apartment overlooking one of Kisangani’s bustling streets. Brody had pre-arranged their accomodation before they’d arrived, finding a rundown block of tenement housing across the street from the venue he’d be fighting at later that evening.

King dumped his gear down on the floor, sat on a faded armchair in the corner of the room, and contemplated how drastically his psyche had shifted in the space of a few months.

A cage fight might have triggered a wave of nerves just half a year ago. Now he considered it an afterthought — simply something to keep the juices flowing. The fact that he needed violence to keep the momentum going made him question himself — was he truly doing the right thing in this world?

Then he thought of Joaquín Ramos and Bryson Reed lying dead before him and nodded satisfactorily.

Of course he was.

There would be a never-ending list of monsters to go after for as long as he lived. That would never come into question.

And he happened to have a specific skill set to deal with them.

‘Alright,’ Brody said. ‘I’ve got to go across the street to register your details and handle some of the finer details. I’ve got word from Lars that Bernardi arrived this afternoon. He’s staying at an upmarket place only three streets away from here. So keep your head down and stay indoors as much as possible — he knows what you look like, but I’m not sure if he knows I exist. If he realises we’re here early, he might start snooping around to try and work out what we’re doing. Then shit will hit the fan back stateside, and I’ll be crucified. So let’s try to avoid that. You stay here and get your mind right.’

‘I’m fine.’

‘No nerves?’

‘None.’

‘Guess you’ve been living and breathing combat for the past ten days. A sanctioned bout shouldn’t be too much of a stretch.’

‘I could get beat half to death and it still wouldn’t hold a candle to what happened in Somalia.’

Halfway to the door, Brody froze, casting a look back at King before he disappeared into the corridor. ‘I still can’t believe you survived those injuries.’

‘I was functioning at a hundred percent within five weeks.’

Brody shook his head. ‘Maybe all this concern about preservation is unfounded. Maybe you’re the Terminator.’

‘Maybe. I wouldn’t rule it out.’

Brody smirked and stepped out of the tiny apartment, leaving King alone with his thoughts. He stretched out his aching muscles — he still hadn’t fully recuperated from the ten days of relentless exertion. He wouldn’t be going into the bout at his healthiest, but that didn’t matter. He was satisfied with the progress he’d made at Brody’s compound. An amateur bout — no matter how tough the opponent — wouldn’t faze him.

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