Dead Drop (The Guild Book 2) by Tate James

Author:Tate James [James, Tate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FOXY PUBLISHING
Published: 2022-03-27T18:30:00+00:00

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Despite how preposterous Sabine had made it sound, dropping in on Jude at the library where she worked was exactly what I had in mind. After all, it made no sense to warn her in advance; she would just conjure up lies—if she had anything to lie about.

So that was how I found myself casually wandering the stacks of one of Europe’s oldest privately-owned libraries, hunting for a librarian rather than a book.

Jude was on the schedule for today; she should be here somewhere. But the longer I searched, the more suspicious I became. The young woman I’d spoken to at the customer service desk had said she was here, though. So where?

Perhaps she was down in the archives. The library had several subterranean floors of Guild-specific resources. Mainly journals and ledgers from the pre-digital era of the mercenary guild, but all valuable and precious. For such a secretive organization, we were also meticulous with documentation, and prior to computers being invented, it was all recorded by hand.

The main library floors were open to the public, but the Guild archives below ground needed a passcode. Not everyone in the Guild was given access; it was too dangerous. The sensitive information and history stored within those basement levels was far too important to allow any moron access, but luckily I had high-level clearance.

I tapped my foot impatiently as the small elevator descended to the lowest level, and the door rolled open excruciatingly slowly. But the lights were on, so that was a positive sign that someone was here.

Silently, I made my way further into the musty-smelling stacks of old books. I wasn’t the type of dipshit who called out to announce my presence, I much preferred to quietly sneak up on people and observe them a moment or two before alerting them to my arrival. So Jude never heard me when I found her.

Of course, she was a little busy. She was on her knees, sucking her boss’s wrinkly old penis and moaning like it was made of candy. I didn’t interrupt, sliding into the shadows and waiting until they were done. Because who knew what kind of leverage that might give me later? Knowledge was power and all that. Something I was sure a librarian could appreciate.

I remained invisible—as close to it as humanly possible—while they finished up. It didn’t take long. Then the old guy strutted past me without ever seeing me lurking there. Understandable, I guess, having just blown his load in the mouth of a woman young enough to be his daughter. It must have dulled his senses somewhat.

Filing that gossip away in my brain, I gave Jude a few moments more to pull her shit together—maybe grab a breath mint—then I strolled around the corner as though I’d just arrived.

“Leon!” she squeaked when I almost walked into her. She smoothed her hand—her one not clutching her walking cane—over her mussed hair, but there wasn’t much to be done for her smeared lipstick. Sweet little Judith Mackenzie looked like a dirty little whore.

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