Starbourne by D. Podporski

Author:D. Podporski [Podporski, D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: D.G. Podporski
Published: 2024-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

“Here's the break, and the roll... huge interception by Vigorson at the goal line, and that's in! With that goal, the Vespas Pirates defeat the Eko Mavericks in this series. This will be the first time in forty-seven years that the Vespas Pirates make it to the finals, where they will face off against the Callisto Rooks!”

(VSPN the Vespas Pirates victory in 2765)

CHAPTER

FIFTEEN

It was the morning after their museum heist and Jaeden sat in an empty booth at The Wishing Well, hunched over the tabletop. His head was resting in the crook of one of his arms, while the other hand played with a bottle cap that had been left on the table. He flipped the bottlecap so that the ridged side was facing upwards and pressed his fingertips against the rippled edges.

The sensation was uncomfortable and caused a slight pain, but Jaeden continued pressing his finger into the bottle cap. The dull ache ebbed through his finger, as he rocked it back and forth on the sharp edge.

A sharp pain shot through his finger, as he pressed on a particularly sensitive area of his finger. He pulled his hand away from the bottle cap and brought his finger close to his eyes to inspect the dent left on his index fingertip.

With a disinterested sigh, he lowered his hand back to the bottle cap and pressed his middle finger into the metallic object. Applying pressure to the cap at an angle, it flipped up and shot off the table. The cap sailed through the quiet room and clattered onto the floor beside the bar stools.

He looked up as the sound of the cap scattering across the floor rang out. It had landed near Teagen, who was sitting on a bar stool at the bar.

“Sorry about that.” He called out, raising his head from the crook of his arm.

“Nothing to apologize for,” Teagen responded cooly.

Jaeden turned his attention to Teagen sitting at the bar. She was resting her elbow on the bar and planted her chin in the palm of her hand. Her brows were knit together, and he could see she was deep in thought.

They both had been waiting in The Wishing Well for Hoss to arrive. Today was the day they were going to talk to him about his trigger-happy behavior. Nellie hadn’t yet arrived for the day, and Jaeden hoped that he and Teagen could speak with Hoss before she came in.

Last night Hoss had apologized for his actions, but both Teagen and Jaeden agreed they needed to talk about it more. They didn’t have a chance to explain their concerns and wanted to make sure they were all on the same page going forward.

Jaeden heard high-pitched whistling from the backroom. Jaeden looked up at Teagen and she looked back at him in turn as Hoss strolled confidently into the room.

“Greetings and salutations my little pack of artistic thieves,” Hoss exclaimed. He stopped and turned his head to the side as if considering a thought. “Wait, scratch that. ‘Artistic Thieves’ make us sound like plagiarists.

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