Forgotten Destiny 2 by Odette C Bell

Author:Odette C Bell [Bell, Odette C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ficção Científica E Fantasia, Fantasia
ISBN: 9781311901231
Google: UZZAzQEACAAJ
Amazon: B077S4486Q
Barnesnoble: B077S4486Q
Goodreads: 36823967
Publisher: Odette C. Bell
Published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“I can’t believe I’m going back down here,” I muttered under my breath as I climbed down the ladder.

“Fond of the sewers?” Frank asked as he thumped down onto the concrete, the sound reverberating through the enclosed space.

“I’m not sure if fond is the right word. But it’s the second time today,” I managed as I too jumped down. I patted down my jacket and frowned, turning up my nose at the awful stench.

“What were you doing here last time?”

“Tracking down a bounty.”

“Yeah, well, I’m sure whoever he was, he’ll pale in comparison to the head of the Cruze Gang. If you can get him,” Frank whistled, the sharp sound reverberating off the walls, “Josh will be able to pay off his every debt.”

It was clearly a throwaway comment, and yet it was another glimpse of something about Josh I didn’t know. I frowned. “Sorry, debt?”

Frank looked over his shoulder at me as he navigated down the small path. “Josh had to pay a hefty sum to Peter in order to cancel his contract.”

This one floored me. “Isn’t that illegal?”

“Yes and no. It depends on what you sign when you start working for someone. And before you pale too much,” Frank said as he nodded my way, “I really doubt that the government made you sign away a hefty retainer when they employed you. It’s different for private enterprise, though,” as he said that, his voice dropped.

“Do you have one of these retainers?”

Frank snorted. “I wasn’t nearly as high up Peter’s pecking order as Josh was. Plus, we don’t have the same bad blood.”

We were talking and walking, and yet, even though I was vaguely focusing my attention on finding the alternative entrance to the city hall, I was also completely absorbed by this conversation. “That’s the second time you’ve mentioned this. And I saw how Josh reacted around Peter. What exactly happened to those two?”

“You mean beyond the fact that Josh up and left and started working for Max?”

I nodded.

“Josh’s sister got murdered,” he said.

I hadn’t been expecting that. Honestly, anything but a bombshell that big. I’d expected Josh to be a gambler – someone who’d courted debt.

But this?

I swallowed hard, my heart thumping in my throat as regret welled through me. “Oh my God, that’s horrible. How?”

“They still don’t know. Josh went mad trying to find out, though. That’s how he got himself into debt. Or at least, that’s what got him into debt the first time. And that,” Frank said as he brushed a hand over his face, “made Josh stupid enough to sign that kind of contract with Peter in the first place.”

“I’m sorry? This Peter bastard took advantage of Josh’s sorrow?”

Frank snorted, either at the fact I was insulting Peter, or my passion for how much injustice had been perpetrated against Josh. “Peter’s done worse. Much worse. He may have the favor of the government, and he may technically have nothing to do with gangs like the Cruze – but at the end of the day, he’s worse.

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