19 - Plea
As Talon drove to the hospital, his breakfast churned sourly in his stomach. There was no doubt in his mind that Santo Mario had paid someone to plant a few hiddenite gems at his home, prior to the shark"s men arriving at the Emporium. Buck"s mistreatment, and the subsequent trashing of the store, had been meant as a warning.
It was very possible someone was waiting at the house right now for him and Maja to return. Talon felt the first tremors of fear rising in his gut. Those men would not be as gentle as they"d been with Buck if they managed to get their hands on him. And he refused to imagine what kind of horrors they would put Maja through, including killing the both of them...whether those men got the stones back or not. It wouldn"t be a smart move to leave witnesses behi
