Empowered: Agent (The Empowered Series Book 1) by Dale Ivan Smith

Author:Dale Ivan Smith [Smith, Dale Ivan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

After he finished, we split up. Someone followed me outside. Keisha.

“Kiss-up!” She called from behind me.

I ignored her and kept walking toward the Dasher. I had to call Winterfield as soon as possible. The gravel crunched loudly behind me. I tried to keep my breath slow and regular. Couldn’t get angry. Especially not now.

“I’m talking to you, Kiss-up.”

I whirled around. Balled my fists. “All right, what is it?”

She got right up into my face and jabbed a finger at me. That damn finger jabbing.

“What was that bullshit back inside?” she demanded. Her nostrils flared.

“Just listening to the man.”

She leaned even closer, her breath hot on my face. “Listen to this then, bitch. You’d better not screw this up. I got my eyes on you.”

It would be so easy to gut punch her right there. See her on the ground, before she could work her steel voodoo, summon up blackberry vines to pin her arms, lash her face. I heard a whisper in the weeds behind me. Took a deep breath and forced the anger down. “I’ll do my job.”

“You’d better, Kiss-up. I will be keeping my eyes on you.”

I shoved her. I didn’t think it was very hard but she stumbled and fell on her ass.

I loomed over her. “Watch yourself, bitch.”

She scrambled up and threw herself at me. We grappled. She punched me in the side of the head and my ears rang like a bell. I tripped her but she hung on and together we smacked the ground hard. Damn she was strong. She tried to gouge my eyes. I ducked my head and punched her in the kidneys. She yelled then, and I rolled on top of her, raised my fist to smash her face. I was going to end this.

The air went boom. Keisha and I were flattened against the gravel. The rocks dug into my butt and back.

“That is enough!” Mutter’s voice was a scorching whisper in my ears. “STOP NOW.”

I pulled away from Keisha. Got up.

Keisha also got to her feet and started to lunge toward me again. She stopped and grabbed her throat. She gasped but no air came out. Mutter was doing his vicious air blockage trick. Her eyes bulged. My stomach twisted. A moment ago I had wanted to kill her, but now I felt badly for her.

Then she drew a ragged breath and doubled over. Took more ragged breaths.

Mutter strode up to us, radiating ice-cold anger.

“Idiots! Control yourselves.”

His anger actually made me look away. I scuffed my shoes in the dirt.

“I don’t trust her,” Keisha said.

“But I do,” Mutter said. And that must be good enough for you.” I looked up. He was calm, collected now, in control.

She nodded, chest still heaving.

He looked at me, pursed his lips. “I imagine you were provoked, but nonetheless, fighting in my cell is off-limits.”

“Yes, sir.” I didn’t have to fake my agreement.

“Good.” His lips curved into a nasty smile. “Never forget this is my cell.”

I watched Keisha follow Mutter back into the garage like a whipped puppy.

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