The Enforcer - Book 1: An Urban Fantasy Serial for KU (The Enforcer by J.E. & M. Keep)

Author:J.E. Keep & M. Keep
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Pathforgers Publishing
Published: 2014-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

Her eyes didn't flicker open — they bolted open — and she sat straight up in bed as though she had woken from a nightmare. Still, though, her heart didn't pound, adrenaline didn't catch her breath. She just looked ready. Alert. Moving quickly to prepare for what was, no doubt, going to be a trying day.

She pulled on slick black leather that clung to her body and allowed for easy movement. She followed the leather with hard boots, a belt and a holster around her waist. She pulled back her hair into a bun — out of her face and it couldn't be grabbed — and started preparing. Two pistols on either holster, strapped in, a sawed off shotgun in hands. She tucked everything important in her room into her pouch and shoved it between her breasts. She was ready to face the crowds.

The sky was another shade of red. The desert sands around the city always seemed to give it a reddish hue, but it was most pronounced at sunrise and sunset. As she emerged from her building, everything seemed calm at first. A few orcs and other brutes, shoulders hunched, were trudging to work at that early hour, but many more were still not awake, laid over from a night of drinking and drug use. Stepping out from her room, she heard a soft voice from behind her.

A young boy.

“Hey lady,” he said, drawing her attention to him. If he was a man, it was only barely. He was youthful and pristine by appearance. More noticeable than that, however, was the fact he seemed to be part satyr. Wearing some shredded trousers that resembled shorts, his legs were a smooth, glossy brown. His face was the same colour, shiny and smooth as he beamed up at her. Those legs, however, ended in cloven hooves, and upon his head he sported two tiny black horns, barely nubs, before his shaggy brown tussled hair began.

“Got any coin to spare? Maybe a snack?” he asked. The truly desperate did start early in this city.

She shook her head at him, feeling not even a tinge of pity for the boy. He'd likely have it pretty rough, and she shook her head knowing this. She wasn't paid enough to be offering every cute kid some food.

“Naw,” she said quickly so as not to waste his time as he gazed up at her with dark, green eyes. “Try near the store,” she suggested, moving past him with a breezy, dismissive motion. She had to prepare for the chaos.

As she hustled off, the young boy came after her, his dark hooves clacking upon the roadway behind her. Undaunted by her refusal, he seemed only genuinely curious now.

“Where ya headed too, lady?” he asked. Nowhere near her towering height, he followed along, a sleek dark tail whipping behind him from out of his shaggy jacket.

“Somewhere you don't want to follow, kid. Move along.” Her voice was hard, rich and leathery, commanding as she continued on her way towards the apartment complex.

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