Mrs Johnson “Yo. Wolfman. What’s shakin’?”I bristled, hearing the moniker that I couldn’t shake. I’d been called that after preventing an ambush on a secure compound during my stint in the Marines. The asshole who’d coined the phrase hadn’t intended it as a compliment. I had a feeling it would be on my tombstone.Sooner versus later.Hissing, I didn’t bother turning my head toward Gage Beckham, a local sheriff in Missoula. We’d known each other for two decades, running with the same crowd of bad boys who’d once terrorized Missoula. When my buddy tracked me down, usually inside a bar, that meant he needed something. “Whatever you’re selling, I ain’t buyin’.”“Who said I needed anything?”“Cause I know you. Remember?”He slid next to me, immediately reaching for the bowl of peanuts I had in front of me. I concentrated on my bottle of Bud, taking another swig. I’d had a rough few days, tracking down a family of tourists who had no business being on the mountain. The fuckers had almost
Some woman?”“Yeah, didn’t know her name but showed me an old photograph.” He scratched his jaw, looking at the ceiling.“I need to know this why?”Shrugging, he shuffled behind the counter. “Just seemed odd. You“Sure.” I started to turn away when he coughed.“Wait. Do you want a picture of her?” he asked, his grin almost repulsive.“You took a picture?”He looked sheepish then reached into a box, shifting through at least four dozen photographs, finally tossing me one. A freaking Polaroid picture. I didn’t even know they made the instant processing cameras any longer. It had been my father’s favorite. He never left home without it.“I’m not going to ask why you took it but it’s mine now.” I slipped it into my jacket pocket, shaking my head. There were weirdos everywhere.“Hey, bring it back if you find her.”If.That didn’t bode well for my reputation.Naomi A historical treasure, huh?The lobby looked like a treasure box from the nineteen eighties had exploded in the middle of the
The memory of his words echoed, adding another layer of terror.As Giovanni’s face rushed into the forefront of my mind, I tumbled again. Going down. Down. Down. Then I hit a hard surface with a thud, stars floating in front of my eyes and…“Goddamn snow,” I grumbled as I peered out the windshield then twisted the knob on the defroster onto high. If the girl was still out here, she was in a bad place. I grabbed the photograph, cursing under my breath. She had a freaking light jacket on. What the hell was she thinking coming up here wearing a single sweater and a coat meant for fifty-degree days?I pulled to a stop, trying to think where she’d go. I hadn’t seen a single sign of her. After slamming the gear into park, I climbed out, moving around the truck and searching the area. The snow had already picked up in intensity, the covering deep enough I doubted I’d find any trace of her tire tracks. I walked a few paces then hunkered down, brushing away the freshly fallen snow.Shit. I got
“No fucking way,” he yelled, jerking from our buddy’s hold. “No one will be left on this mountain. Do you fucking hear me?” Riggs threw himself into the wall of flames, another blast of heat singeing my skin.“This can’t happen!” I snapped, trying to go after him. I made it through the furnace blast of heat, struggling to be able to see anything. Jesus Christ. I turned in a full circle, unable to make out anything but huge balls of orange. I could hear Riggs calling her name, yelling it over and over again.I barreled through another section of forest, my lungs on fire from the lack of air.“Jesus. We’re can’t get through this,” Colt yelled from somewhere close. Everything was disorienting, the hissing sounds drowning out everything else. As I heard a massive cracking sound, I banked to the right, barely avoiding the falling limb. It crashed to the ground with a thunderous boom, igniting another fire.“Fuck,” I yelped, wiping my eyes as I tried to focus.“I can’t… I tried… No. Use.” R
“Did you break into this place?” I blurted out the question and he glared at me, his jaw clenched, his eyes narrowing. “I mean if you did that’s admirable. I appreciate you finding some place.”“Do I look like a fucking thief to you?”“I don’t know what they look like.” But that wasn’t the truth. I knew every ugly detail about men who took whatever they wanted no matter the cost. They believed in their power, as if they were gods. Another shudder coursed through me. Sam instinctively sensed something was wrong with me and issued a slight growl of warning to his master.“It’s okay, Sam. I have a feeling the lady can take care of herself. And this is my place. I had nowhere else to take you.”“What about back to the motel?”Sighing, he placed his feet on the table and leaned back. “I might live in the mountains, but I ain’t no fool. I’ll get you back tomorrow. As long as the snow is still coming down, we’re not going anywhere.”A lump formed in my throat. “I need to get back now.”“You
Chapter 1It was on a sunny morning, King Johnson and his son Jay Johnson went for a hunting in the bush, a bush meat was killed by them, they were both happy and smiling because they will take a big bush meat back home, on their way back home they both saw a snake thinking the snakes coming to attacked them, King Johnson shot the snake by his gun not knowing that the snake he killed was a human in snake form, Jay was scared after his father killed the snake because he had the feelings that the snakes was not an ordinary snake. king Johnson was one of the richest hunter in their Village, he was one of the greatest hunters, he was popular in the village with his family and he had one of the biggest mansion in the village well respected, he noticed that his son Jay was scared.“ son! You looked scared” his father said.“ Yes dad, I don’t but I guess I feel something strong after you shit the snake” he said and his father smiles.“ Jay! This is not my first time killing a snake in your
Chapter 2Mrs Johnson kept on smiling and King Johnson notice her when they’re still in the dinner seating their dinner.“ Why you kept on smiling?” King asked.“ Tomorrow evening, my son will be picking one of the girls in the villagers to marry but I hope he will picked the one he like because tomorrow the girls in the village that participate will have a vail on, I hope he picked the right one” she said and smiles.“ Mum! If I picked the wrong person I guess we will reorganize the party until I picked the right person” Jay said and his mum smiled.“ Jay is right” his father said, Naomi’s was in the window watching as she was in tears in her human form.“ Good that tomorrow your son will be picking his choice in one the girls in the village, I will also participate and this will be a good opportunity for me enter your family, beginning of my plan, I will make sure Jay choose me, I will destroy your family one by one but before then I will make all of you suffer and poor before killi
Chapter 3Jay stood in front of Naomi while she was still under her vail, Naomi smiles because Jay fall into her trap, Mrs Johnson smile seeing her son stood front of one of the girls.“ Jay! Remove her veil and see the girl under the veil” his mum said and Jay hold the veil in his hand and Naomi smiled under her veil, Jay remove her veil, Naomi’s head was down and she smile, Jay and other could not see her face because her face was faced down.“ You should raise her head so we could all see how you look” Mrs Johnson said and Naomi heard was still down as she refused to raised her head up, Jay use his finger to raise her head up, Naomi was looking so beautiful, Jay admired her beauty and immediately he fell in love with her, Mrs and Mr Johnson also liked her the very first time they saw her and they hope their sim liked her, Mrs Johnson walked closer to them. “ Young lady! Please tell us your name the way you came from” Mrs Johnson said.“ My name is Naomi Nat, I am also from this vi