Shielded Heart by Tiffany Roberts EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Tiffany Roberts
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Arthos, the Infinite City
Terran Year 2105
THE PRESS OF A BUTTON—IN this case, a button which displayed the
amount of credits loaded onto the chip in Arcanthus’s hand—was all it took
to change the bokkan informant’s standoffish demeanor.
The bokkan’s stony features softened as he led Arcanthus and Drakkal
to somewhere more private —a dark, deserted alleyway. Arc exchanged a
glance with Drakkal; that glance was enough to tell Arc that he and his
azhera companion were on the same page.
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The change of location suited their purpose well.
Arcanthus’s thick tail swung from side to side. He willed it to slow; as
eager as he was to conclude this business and head home, he couldn’t rush
this. He knew this was the informant they’d been searching for, but he
needed to hear confirmation from the bokkan’s lips.
After they were well beyond the main street’s neon lights, the bokkan
stopped and turned to face Arcanthus and Drakkal. “So, uh…” His eyes
dipped to Arc’s hand, which was closed around the credit chip.
Arcanthus raised his left hand and splayed his metal fingers, revealing
the chip on his palm. “This? Oh, you have to earn this , my friend.”
“Just…just a little, then, as a token of your good faith?”
A grin spread across Arcanthus’s lips, and he chuckled. “We’ve not
pulled any weapons on you. That’s token enough, I’d say. Though we could
do things that way, if you’d prefer…”
Shifting his eyes to Drakkal—whose burly frame nearly filled the
narrow alley—the bokkan shook his head.
Arcanthus closed his fingers over the credit chip and lowered his hands,
clasping the right over the left. “I’ve only four questions. Answer to my
satisfaction, and you will receive all due payment.”
The bokkan’s dull purple tongue slipped out and ran over his craggy
lips. “That’s not how this sort of thing usually works. You pay me for—”
Drakkal cleared his throat, dragging out the sound into a low growl as
he bared his fangs. The azhera’s fur—taupe with patches of copper and
umber—bristled. The bokkan snapped his mouth shut.
“Did you give information to a female with blue and black hair and a
male with facial scars?” Arcanthus asked. Eyes rounding, the bokkan nodded. “You’re not the first to ask after
them, either. Some people dressed all in black had questions, too, but none
of them actually spoke. They used holo-text to communicate. Seemed
unnatural.”
“A perfect segue into my next question. What did you tell the black-clad
individuals who asked after the couple? I suggest, for your sake, that you
omit nothing.”
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