Wolf's Deal: A Nick Lupo Novella (The Nick Lupo Series) by Gagliani W.D

Author:Gagliani, W.D. [Gagliani, W.D.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Tarkus Press
Published: 2015-06-07T04:00:00+00:00

THE ARCHER

He hadn't thought ahead too many moves – or targets.

That was how you became predictable. He didn't want predictability. He wanted them to piece together his message, feel his fury, and eventually understand… even though he knew they wouldn't. But he'd put up with so much throughout his life, now it was his turn to communicate his feelings. On TV they were always telling you to express your feelings. That fat Doctor Phil guy and all those other talking heads thought feelings should all be exposed, communicated. Well, that turned out to be good advice good, and The Archer felt a lot better now that he had begun to communicate.

Now he was in need of a new target. He went over his options.

At first he'd thought, another dealer. There were many to choose from, and if he picked another attractive female it would be big news. The second target, the guy, was cementing The Archer’s reputation, but would they care as much? If he picked another male, chances were no one would really care. So he had figured his course was set and settled then. Another female dealer.

But then… then he'd started to think reporter.

And the more he thought about it, the better it sounded.

So now he watched as one of the cops from last night was back again – the thinner one with the wrinkled suit – talking to a couple of the casino security guys. They nodded grimly at what he told them and walked away, leaving him alone in the ebbing crowd. He looked tired, worn out really, probably because he'd been here holding the fort while the big cop pulled rank and went off to do something civilized like sleep. But now he was back, looking not rested at all.

The Archer was amused, watching all this effort to take him down. Now he was ducking behind a rank of brightly-lit, flashing slot machines sporting towers with an added "Wheel of Fortune" add-on that gave players the chance to add to their wins. You couldn't really lurk without showing up on the cameras, so he was actually gambling, watching quarter-sized credits dip and rise on his twenty, a small enough investment to make himself nearly invisible. The machine’s wheel of fortune towered over him and the others nearby were like a rank of sentinels hiding him, so he could lean slightly in the chair and look past the machinery at the action.

Interesting.

The Archer raised an eyebrow.

He watched as that same reporter from last night, the hot one with the nicotine habit, dragged her camera guy with her and approached the tired cop. She looked a little worse for wear but was still hot enough to melt your eyelids, and he stared at her so intensely that he forgot to spin his machine's dials. She wanted to do an interview apparently, a microphone looking rather phallic in her slender hand, cradled by pointed red fingernails, but the cop was waving her off, shaking his head and trying to turn away.

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