Story - Cold Blood 9 and EpilogueStory - Cold Blood 9 and Epilogue by ~tcat
Once the excitement had worn off and the subway car had slowed to a stop, my hip began to throb, sharply reminded me it existed and was in annoying disagreement to having been hit by a car only a few minutes before. I pushed myself to my feet from the subway’s plastic bucket seat and instantly regretted coming into work this morning. It wasn’t enough to cripple me, thank God, but it sure was going to be more than just a literal pain in my ass for a while, no doubt.
Well, I thought, my hip could just shut up and bare it like the rest of my wounded pride, because we had one more stop before Theta and I could put the rest of this da
Story - Cold Blood 8Story - Cold Blood 8 by ~tcat
“So, what’s your interest in dealing?” I smiled pleasantly knowing that I already had Jace hooked by the nose and other random bits of anatomy. I just needed the inevitable twist to get him to bend. Despite his calm demeanor I could tell that under the surface he was squirming. He needed this stupid bauble and he was just heartless enough to agree to jump in a lake if it meant being able to take Genesis home with him at the end of the day. I still wasn’t willing to give it over to him without a fight, though. I still have my pride.
And my pride was enjoying watching him sweat.
“It depends.” He
Story - Cold Blood 7Story - Cold Blood 7 by ~tcat
An hour later Theta stood behind the couch and watched the news feed from the night before play out again, this time from a different perspective than our own. His face was a blank mask of emotions, his arms crossed over his chest plate as he stood in silence.
The maverick had arrived shortly after 11PM and slipped into the alleyway behind the apartment complex to wait for the mysterious second party. Thanks to Spider’s earlier information Theta and I had been staked out across the street for almost an hour up until then, enjoying coffee and doughnuts at a late night coffee house. When the maverick was so sure no one had followed him t
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