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.My face beamed brighter than Rudolph's nose.Leave it to me to be stuck with the Enforcer with the ability to read my thoughts about his yummy bottom."I can loan you a quarter if you want to find out," he tossed out in a low, sultry voice.Yikes!Luckily, divine intervention appeared in the form of Tony.One could describe Tony as a six foot tall guy with dishwater shaggy blond hair and a lanky strength.His brown eyes flashed with intelligence and knowledge, while his attitude made the rest of the Enforcers' 'don't play well with others' motto resemble finding cat poop in the sandbox you were playing in.Doesn't smell well, kinda icky, but overall not the worst thing that could happen.Maybe that's why he quickly moved up to the leader of the Clearwater City Branch of the Peace Protection Division.To put it bluntly, he was the Rock of Gibraltar for the group of near mercenaries.Rules bent, bad guys disappeared, and no one talked back.I gasped at his sudden appearance, a smidgen intimidated by his sheer height and piercing gaze.Then, an evil thought occurred to me.Sure, he could squish me like a bug and just one long look in my direction sent my adrenaline-producing cells to fast action.But, this opportunity couldn't be missed.Leaning in, I whispered loudly to Tony, "I wouldn't go in there if I were you."He glanced through the open door quickly before focusing back on me."And why is that?""'Cause Cannibal is nakie, has a large, hard… sword.And, he wants someone to bounce a quarter off his butt.""Shyanne!" Cannibal roared from inside the house.Squealing, I laughed, dashing back to the truck for his other box.Tony trailed along, taking the container from my back floorboard.His mouth hitched up in a small grin."I better carry this."I nodded, relieved to be rid of those dang blasting caps."Would hate for you to have another accident."Oh jeez.I lowering my head."How did you…?"Tony hefted up the box with ease."The whole world knows."Just great.I'd never hear the end of this one.* * * *That night, after delivering the blasting caps to the surly Cannibal, I headed to the dance club.I managed to schedule an appointment with Jesse James the following afternoon in order to beg for a replacement bike for Meat.Bas already volunteered to teleport me there.He insisted, based upon my poor track record of actually hitting my target, claiming to worry greatly for my safety if I attempted such a feat alone.While that could be true, I think he couldn't pass up the chance to see the one-of-a-kind bikes and meet the creator more than he worried about me being flattened on a southern California freeway when I flashed in front of a big rig.Shy, the new Frogger.With those plans in place, I turned to the last remaining hurdle.Meat.He didn't seem to blame me for his loss, but I couldn't help but feel guilt sitting heavily on my shoulders.I tossed the cover money at the doorman once more, held out my hand to be stamped, and gave him a small wave as he shook his head at me.Poor guy probably thought I was the horniest or kinkiest woman on the face of the earth as much as he saw me.Oh, well.I couldn't be worse than some of those crazy ladies who I swear were in heat.Standing on tiptoe, I checked out the dancer on the stage.Not Meat, which meant he had to be around somewhere, probably hanging out in his dressing room, waiting for his turn to take the stage and literally dance his clothes off.As much as I wanted to see him, I didn't have enough courage to go looking for a wounded liger in his own lair.I spotted Ducian standing near the hallway to the bathrooms and made a beeline for him.The downfall of being a full time dancer, he worked each night the club's doors were open, which made tracking him down pretty easy.A couple of steps away, he noticed me, judging by the expression on his face.His eyes widened as his eyebrows shot up."Oh, shit.When did I get cursed?"I pouted, hanging my head."I'm not curse material."He snorted."So you say."Okay.Okay.Send a man to see old, wrinkled, perverted senior citizens in the bathroom a couple of times and see what happens."Anything exciting going on?" I opted to change the subject.My luck for the day hovered well into the red.Ducky looked at me before shaking his head."Kinda slow, but it's early yet."I nodded."Have you seen Meat?"The jerk just grinned."Lost your knight in shining armor?"Crossing my arms across my chest, I glared up at him."He's not my knight in shining armor.""Uh huh." The arched eyebrow and tilted lips blatantly declared he didn't believe a word I said.I looked down at my toes, using the tip of my shoe to draw tiny circles on the tile floor."Besides, I think he's mad at me.""What did you do now? Take him for an encore visit to that bathroom?" He leaned closer in interest."Why do you think it was me?"He snorted and tapped my forehead
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