Fiction by Sydney Katt
“I never knew the back seat was the warmest part of the car,” Sara mused once Sucre had closed the door behind them, blocking out the night’s howling winds.
He grinned at her. “I know all sorts of things most people don’t.” After a beat, “So, you and Kellerman?” [Read more...]
I’d recognized Mara from her picture the instant I spotted her. Unfortunately, Lana was nowhere to be seen. And there was a big guy ushering her out of the airport towards the parking garage. She acted like she knew the guy, but there was something in her expression telling me something was very wrong. [Read more...]
Mickels spotted them as soon as he got to the ticket counter. Mara picked up her tickets, looking as though she didn’t have a care in the world. Dumb blonde syndrome, he guessed. His ex-wife had been a dumb blonde, completely oblivious to everything going on in the world – oblivious right until he put the bullet between her eyes. [Read more...]
He hated the smirk that played at his lips as he listened to the timid voice on the line. “I’m very displeased with your behavior, Mara,” His tone was icy as he spoke.
“I know and I’m so sorry. I just…I just got a little freaked out because…I’ve never done something like that before.” [Read more...]
“I’ve found her.”
He paused the treadmill to be certain of what Mickels had just told him. Cell phones had a way of distorting crucial information.
“Where?” [Read more...]
The messenger hovered at the threshold to his office, silently waiting permission to enter. He looked up and read the man’s face. More bad news. Whitman was becoming more of an issue than had originally been anticipated. His tab would be settled…one way or another.
“Sorry to interrupt, sir, but there’s been word from Texas.” [Read more...]
Mara closed the door behind her and moved to the kitchen to get a drink. Lana seemed to be handling things well enough. At least, she hadn’t started crying and whining like most kids her age would have. It was a shame her father was such a jerk because he really had a lovely family. Too bad he was the only person who couldn’t see it.
She would have enjoyed growing up in a loving family… [Read more...]
He looked up from his computer screen as one of his most trusted lieutenants entered his office. Though this man did not smile often, he knew it to be a bad sign when his scowl was so pronounced. With a well-practiced look of patience he reclined in his chair and waited to receive the news. [Read more...]
He looked up from the papers on his desk when he heard a faint knock on the door. A glance at the clock revealed it was well past the time upon which they previously agreed. There would be a good explanation or there would be hell to pay.
“Enter.” [Read more...]
“Songbird, get down,” Price shouted the instant Raptor pulled the trigger.
People always talk about how the most traumatic moments of their life happen in slow motion. I always thought they were full of crap or just trying to make things seem more dramatic than they actually were. Now I know that isn’t true.
Time slows down and speeds up at the same time. [Read more...]
My heart was pounding in my chest as we entered the building and I plugged the signal jammer into the fire jack. As I had known it would be when we’d selected this date and time, the bank lobby was void of customers. I fought to keep the trembling I felt in my knees from reaching my hands. Songbird was supposed to be a criminal and I couldn’t afford for Raptor to find me out, even at this late stage in the game.
Not if I wanted to avoid a fun-filled afternoon of questioning by the FBI, that is. [Read more...]
Raptor walked through the doors and surveyed the inside of the club. Blaine Ranier had done a good job promoting his club and it was quickly becoming a hot spot in the town. He regretted, briefly, the fact he had turned down the opportunity to invest at the beginning.
“Hindsight is twenty-twenty,” [Read more...]
Raptor was agitated when he met the others. While he often enjoyed the company of women, he never got used to all of their needy questions. He did not have the same amount of time to devote to a relationship that women did, especially this woman.
Perhaps it was time to begin cutting ties and move on. [Read more...]
Parker kept a watchful eye on Skylar as Raptor approached. Her emotions seemed to be much more in check than they had the previous day. When they went to a cheesy amusement park, she had questioned him, but he thought she had ended up having a little fun at his idea of teaching her how to shoot. However unorthodox it may have seemed, she had gained a good deal of skill with the laser tag gun in a relatively short period of time. [Read more...]
Chill let out a curse under his breath as he looked at his watch…again. Coming out in public so early in the evening was a risk he didn’t enjoy taking, but it couldn’t be helped. He typically preferred to conduct business at Blaine’s Rain where he knew he was on his own turf. Unfortunately, the man he was meeting also enjoyed having home court advantage. [Read more...]
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