Hail To The King by Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Anderle [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-07-22T05:00:00+00:00

James sat in a too-small chair in the office waiting for Lieutenant Hall to return. They’d taken his statement and hadn’t tried to seize the plaque.

The Professor had been more than willing to provide a statement indicating that he had hired James to recover the artifact and was ready to provide any necessary provenance documents. The bounty hunter had no idea if they were fake, but it had been enough, combined with the video and his statement, to induce the cops to not care.

The door swung open, and an unarmored Lieutenant Hall headed over to her desk and sat. “You’re a lucky sonofabitch.”

“What now?”

“Gregory Schwartz, your ranting thief nutjob? Turns out a level-four bounty was issued on him just a few hours ago.”

“By who?”

“The Paris Police Prefecture. I’m working something so you can get credit for the bounty. Fortunately for you, it was dead-or-alive.” Maria tapped the keyboard, and a mugshot of Schwartz appeared. “They say that guy was level four, but given the crater I saw, he should have been a level six. Even you are lucky to be alive, Brownstone.”

“I didn’t want a fight. That asshole did. I just wanted something he stole.”

Lieutenant Hall chuckled and finished typing. “Yeah, I feel you, Brownstone. I can’t remember the last time someone surrendered to AET. Maybe we should start a pool.” She nodded toward the door. “You’re free to go.”

James nodded. “Thanks, Lieutenant.”

She returned to her typing with a nod. “Sure thing, Brownstone. Try not to get blown up next time.”

He grunted. “Okay.”

James opened her door and headed down the hallway. Sergeant Mack waited against a wall, his arms crossed.

“Everything okay, Brownstone?” the cop asked.

“Yeah. I’m free and clear, and I’m even getting a bounty payment out of it.”

Mack whistled. “Nice. We can buy an extra-nice pit now.”

“Almost getting blown up has to be useful for something.”

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