Cowboys & Devils (Devil Aster Days Book 3) by Olson Mitchell

Author:Olson, Mitchell [Olson, Mitchell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

Part Four: The Taking of Fort Luster

“They don’t have guns where you come from?” asked CJ, staring incredulously at Aster as they marched back to Granger.

“We’re aware of them,” Aster said. “We just have better methods of killing.”

“If a better method of killing exists, I’d like to see it.”

“Maybe you will,” said Aster.

The duo reached Granger by noon. With the threat of Ulric and his gang removed, the town was suddenly bustling with life. Children ran up and down the dirty streets playing with crude toys. Women gathered around to watch a traveling merchant peddle his revolutionary cookware. The saloon was open again, and it sounded even livelier with Ulric and his men gone.

Despite Aster’s protests, he ended up standing outside the sheriff’s building waiting for CJ to return from turning in the wanted members of Ulric’s gang. The assassin left the tip that the remaining gang members were just outside of town, stripped and waiting to be picked up. The sheriff sent him off with a smile, then left to retrieve the other thugs.

CJ joined Aster’s side once more, counting the stack of bills the sheriff paid him. Aster looked like he was about to burst from all the boredom.

“You still haven’t told me where Ulric is,” he said.

“Ulric went to Fort Luster,” Cj said, tucking the money into his jacket pocket. “If we leave now we can be there by sundown.”

“Then let’s get going,” Aster said, growing even more impatient with every passing moment.

“Not just yet,” said CJ. “I need to stock up first. I think I may have also bought some bad bullets.”

CJ dragged Aster all over town. First they went to the general store to buy more ammunition. Aster tried to convince CJ that it wouldn’t matter, but CJ insisted on tossing out his existing bullets to buy a new package. The assassin interrogated the general store owner about the possibility of defective ammo, but the salesman assured them his bullets were made with care and would work without question.

After CJ replenished his ammo supply it was time to find Aster a horse. Aster continued to be adamant in his stance that a horse was unnecessary for him and that he could simply run alongside CJ. The assassin wouldn’t stand for the idea though, and even spared the extra money to rent a horse for Aster. With how stubborn his new partner was acting, CJ assumed the man didn’t know how to ride.

As soon as Aster jumped up on the horse he continued his streak of surprising the assassin. Aster rode like a pro, taking the reigns of his horse and steering it this way and that trying to get a feel for how the creature moved.

“Is this it?” Aster asked. “Compared to the beasts we ride back home this creature is docile.”

“Well, they’re bred in captivity, so they’re quite tame,” CJ said, his mind aflutter with wonder about the unruly beasts in Aster’s home country.

“Are we finally leaving now?” asked Aster. “Or would you like to spend one more day in Granger just for fun?”

“Now we ride!” CJ said.

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