The Judas Relic: An Evangeline Heart Holiday Adventure by A.K. Alexander & Jen Greyson

Author:A.K. Alexander & Jen Greyson [Alexander, A.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: NA fantasy, Paranormal, fantasy NA, NA series, urban fantasy, NA fantasy series, bestselling NA
Publisher: D'Vine Press
Published: 2014-12-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

We ate quickly, eager to get started. Outside the deli, he pointed toward a beefed-up silver Hummer. “I’m parked over here.”

“Great. My bags are already at the jet.” I’d sent them with Malcolm when he’d left this morning for another mission, knowing they’d be safe and ready instead of having to drag them around.

He held my door for me and I climbed into the beast. “Nice ride.” The interior was dark grey and spotless. Clay was so flippant and carefree, the rough manliness of the vehicle caught me off guard. He climbed in and I inhaled the leather and his tropical air freshener, then relaxed into the seat, finally focused on the multiple tasks in front of us.

He pulled into traffic and I launched into our most pressing issue—the double-cross and deception from his buyer. “Who is this guy, anyway?”

Clay checked his rearview mirror and changed lanes, speeding past the slower traffic on the right. “I’ve never met him. That’s how I work with all my clients. He sent me a secure message through my system about five years back and I’ve stolen a dozen pieces for him.”

“Like what?” I pulled a notepad from my purse and clicked my pen. There was a connection in the details, I just had to find it and use the clues to track us back to the man who’d hired the hit.

He shrugged and turned on the radio, keeping the pop station low in the background. The bass thrummed through the floorboards, trembling through my feet. “Relics, mostly. The first one was an alabaster jar, then a trio of medallions, a single painting—tiny though—I palmed it and walked out without a single person blinking.”

I shook my head. Seriously, his cockiness new no bounds. He was good though, I couldn’t deny it. And I’d stuffed our last piece in my bra, so I couldn’t exactly chide him for being discreet. The only thing that ever mattered was completing the mission and staying alive.

“What else?”

“More of the same. You don’t really think you’re going to be able to find him through those are you? He had me fence half of them and he had private buyers for the rest.”

“How sure are you of that? Maybe he just told you that and used some of these pieces to misdirect you.” I grunted. “He obviously has no problem lying to you.”

We’d nearly been killed on Clay’s last mission. He’d called me in to help him and we’d been attacked in the middle of boosting what was supposed to be a fifteen million dollar painting.

“Yeah, but that’s why I think you’re wasting time on this. If he’d have wanted me dead, I wouldn’t be sitting here now.”

“You’re a fool to dismiss the hit.”

He glanced over at me, a wide sure grin showing his teeth. “I’m not you, babe. I don’t live and die at the end of a gun. If he kills me, who’s going to get him his next bauble?”

“There are plenty of thieves out there.” I closed my notebook and leaned back in the seat.

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