The Arly Hanks Mysteries Volume Two by Joan Hess

Author:Joan Hess
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781504057288
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Published: 2018-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

The gas station was prehistoric. There were no pumps for self-service, nor was there a miniaturized grocery store inside with overpriced snack food, “male” magazines, and a microwave oven. At one side of the building, tires were piled like deflated black doughnuts. The rest rooms were in the back, although only the most desperate traveler would ask for the key.

He braked and swung into the station. A man, as greasy and surly as he’d ever seen, came out to the truck. “Whatta ya want, cowboy?”

“Fill it up and check the oil.” He got out of the truck and went into the office to take the rest-room key off a hook. He ascertained that the man was occupied, then assessed the possible exits. Three doors: the one he’d used, which could be padlocked from the outside; a second, that led to a windowless storeroom; and a third, that led to the single bay. The last could not be locked, but that presented no problem.

“Two-dollar eighty,” the man said from the doorway. “Forget using the john, you cheap sumbitch. How many times do I have to tell you to wait until you need more than a coupla gallons in that rust bucket of yours, huh?”

He put the key back on the hook, handed over the money, and went back to his truck. There was plenty of time to work out the details. It would be a night of magic, he was sure. Not only of dragons, but of orange fireballs, coarse black smoke, and screams.

He was soon to become a wizard. No one dared to insult a wizard.

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