Blood Games - Episode 5

 

This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:

KRIS GAVE ME A toothy smile that lacked even the hint of an apology for the deception. Not only that, she was enjoying the moment. Every single time she’d referred to her boss she had always acted as if she were speaking of a man. Even right before we’d come into this office, Kris had still been intent on maintaining the lie. I had noticed a slight hesitation but had thought it was nothing.

“You should have told me,” I muttered under my breath.

“What difference does it make?”

I frowned, looking her in the eyes. “How can I trust somebody who lies to me?”

Why would Kris do this? Had she thought I’d be less likely to come if I’d known she worked for a woman? I hadn’t wanted to come at all, it wouldn’t have mattered if her boss was a circus monkey who flipped pancakes. 

“Don’t be angry with her, Jake,” the woman said. “Kris did as I wanted. There are reasons for the deception, I assure you. She was following orders.”

I shook my head, not sure what to say or even what to think.

“I don’t like being lied to. False pretenses don’t sit well with me.”

The woman smiled. “I wanted to force you to come in. Kris talked me out of it.”

“Smart,” I said. “You would have had to disarm me. That’s when I’m at my most dangerous.”

Kris kicked my foot, and I caught her muttering something about pointless macho bravado. That had nothing to do with it. I was telling the truth. Put me in a corner, and my claws came out. Lucky for them I still had my weapons. And they hadn’t tried to take them away.