Unleashing the Storm by Shay Rucker

Author:Shay Rucker [Rucker, Shay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Radiance Productions

She hadn’t been prepared for this. Her emotions were making her reckless…and there were repercussions.

Time was running out. She could feel that window of freedom shrinking on a cellular level and wanted to be on the other side before it disappeared. She didn’t want this life the Good Shepherd had chosen for her anymore; she wanted Lucas, wanted all the reckless emotions he made her feel: love, happiness, desire. They were her reward for enduring.

She checked the time on the gold watch encircling her wrist. With its shiny diamonds at the twelfth, third, sixth, and ninth hours, the beautiful piece of jewelry was a gift from the dead elderly couple’s locked cache of valuables.

She ran her finger over the face of the watch which clearly denoted the lateness of the Patron’s emissary. She had been forced to sit on the cold metal bench and wait for over ten minutes for the information that would provide her with the answers needed to secure her future.

She didn’t like waiting. It didn’t matter that the California sun was warm upon her skin, or that the trees surrounding the paved park trail rustled gently with the passing breeze. The rippling waves on the surface of the manmade lake did not inspire her toward tranquility. Time was running out. Soon she’d have to act, either with or without the information the Patron’s emissary provided.

When a man in a business suit came around the curve of the trail carrying a suitcase, she knew it was God’s blessing for her patience. Standing, she tightened the belt of the cream-colored mid-calf trench coat and smoothed her hands down her thighs, sliding them inside the deep coat pockets. Before she could offer a greeting, he sat down on the bench and made a show of unlocking the leather briefcase.

She smiled and sat beside him, placing her purse on the outside of her right thigh while crossing her legs at the ankles.

“Mr. Kragen is not pleased with the attention you’re receiving. This priest of yours—”

“Shepherd,” she corrected. “The Good Shepherd. You will respect his calling.”

He barely schooled his impatience…with her…was he not the one who’d been over ten minutes late?

She continued to smile kindly.

“Your Shephard assured Mr. Kragen that you were one of the most discreet and efficient members of his little order of altar boys. I must say, in light of recent events, I’d say that description was a vast over-exaggeration.”

He pulled an envelope from his briefcase and placed it on the lid. “You’ve killed two people who bear no resemblance to Sabrina Samora or Zeus.”

“They were old. The Lord decreed it was their time, otherwise they would be alive.”

“They have family with a long history in the city calling for justice, and guess who was seen driving in their car?”

“I’m sorry,” she said. “You’ve confused the purpose of this meeting. You are here to give me the information I’ve requested, and I am here to graciously receive it.”

She held out her hand and he placed the envelope in it.

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