She dialed Luke’s number and he answered on the first ring. “Annja, where are you?” “Just outside town.” She realized now she’d been gone all day. Both men must have been wondering about her at the very least. “How are things there? You and Doug get my stuff out of the hotel?” “Yes, we’re fine, a...
It had been several years since Toshiro had pronounced her ready to take her place in the world and she had used the time as she’d been instructed, traveling and learning. She had grown up considerably in those years, her core toughened and her edge sharpened by what she had seen and done, just l...
Vanilla-scented steam wafted behind her. From what she’d seen of the place so far, it was all done in gray slate tiles and gray walls with brushed-steel accents and black marble. Ultramacho. She liked it. No lace or frills for this chick. But could a girl get a maid to stop by the loft once in a ...
Paramedics were loading someone into the back of it; Annja couldn’t see who. But from the buzz of voices coming from the people gathered nearby, she picked out a name: Elyse Hapgood. Annja didn’t know if that was a hotel employee, a random guest or one of the archaeologist...
Annja was hard-pressed to keep up with the woman as they strode down the long, narrow tunnel. “Private route to the parking garage.” Fiona had her hands in her jacket and her eyes fixed straight ahead. “That’s one of the reasons to own the building.” “It wasn’t just the office space?” Fiona laugh...
The surviving Iron Horse People celebrated at the Bad Medicine that night. “Listen up, everybody!” Johnny Ten Bears shouted. “Let me salute the real heroine of the hour. Without her, the world would be a darker place for everybody, and especially us. So let’s give it up for Annja Creed!” The Iron...