The Green Lama: Scions (The Green Lama Legacy book 1)
“Pinpricks of city lights cut through the murky grey fog, twinkling like stars. It was beautiful in a way, Josh Reynolds thought. Not that Reynolds had an appreciation for beauty, at least not in the ways the poets described.He chewed on the remains of his cigar, enjoying the bitter taste dancing over his tongue. Beauty sat between a girl’s thighs. Especially when she was screaming and fighting, so he had to earn it. He leaned forward and watched the bow of the rowboat cut through the icy water.... In the distance, he could hear the mournful sound of a foghorn echo out like a dying whale, making him smile. It was a good night for nasty business.“Bad night tonight, Wilfred. Dark as hell and thick like chowder,” he said to the boy working the rows. Wilfred Roth was the wiry sort of kid who grew up mean in the narrow alleyways of the city. He was no more than sixteen but looked twice that. Dark black pits sat beneath his eyes, a switchblade in his pocket. Reynolds liked him.Between them lay the concrete covered form of ol’ Drew Salmon, a small divot indicating where his mouth had been.MoreLess
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