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You”–he stood and pointed a long finger at Falcon–“are healing. Put on the earth for the sole purpose of keeping us healthy. Understand?”
    Falcon held his stomach, and prayed not to shit on the couch. Eyes wide, he nodded again.
    “Great. Good talk.” The leader, known to murder healers just to make a point, wandered across the room, poised and calm. He called out the door, “Hey Eddie. Have Mary make up a plate. Some prosciutto, cheese and olives.”
    Mic crossed the room to a bar with a solid marble top, poured two glasses of bourbon, and placed them on a coffee table in front of the couch. Then, he reached deep into his jacket and placed a series of photos on the table in front of Falcon one by one.
    “You know this girl?”
    Falcon swallowed hard and studied each of the black and white surveillance pictures. They were blurry, but he knew her face well enough.
    Terra. What the fuck kind of trouble is she in, now ?
    “I’ve seen her around. Why?”
    “She has something that’s mine.” Mic swirled the amber liquid in his glass, studying perfectly manicured nails. “And I don’t like when people have what belongs to me.”
    “Wha–” Falcon’s voice cracked like a teenager. Shaking, he cleared his throat and tried again. “What does she have?”
    Mic tilted his head and the corners of his mouth lifted in an awful grin. Like a priest saying mass, he said, “A rare stone. A piece of turquoise that has the ability to amplify a witch’s powers.”
    Mic with more power. The thought sent a terrifying chill down his spine.
    Terra is so fucked. “What are you going to do to her?”
    “I just want to know where she found them. Nothing bad has to happen if she cooperates.”
    “I-I really don’t know...” Falcon started to stand.
    A hand shot out. Fist slammed on the coffee table and coasters went flying. Mic’s eyes flashed dangerously, like earlier, but this time his voice was low and menacing. “I told you what I want. You get it for me, or bad things happen. Gabeesh?”
    Falcon sat, lifted his chin. “You won’t harm her?”
    Like an addict, the man toggled back to calm. He gave a small nod. “Tell me. Where does she live?”
    “I’m not sure...”
    The ground shook and the chandeliers swung above their head. “Don’t bullshit me, son. I know you’ve been watching her.”
    “She’s just some chick who comes to the reservation sometimes to barter and trade. I don’t know much else about her. I swear...”
    Mic slapped pictures on the table, laying them down like a game of solitaire. “That’s you and her in front of the garage. That’s you and her looking chummy at the rez. Need I go on?”
    Shit, shit, shit. 
    Mic’s eye twitched, he grabbed a tablet off the bar, and placed it on the table. “How long have you been hiding her from me?”
    “I’m not hiding her. I swear I didn’t know she had something you wanted. Now that I know, I’ll tell you.” He called up Google Maps and scrolled into the desert. “There.”
    “Good boy.” Mic nodded, picked up the tablet, and called out the door. “Eddie.”
    “Yeah, Mr. Luggerio?” Eddie must’ve been standing right outside the door. He didn’t even give Falcon a nod.
    “Get Chuck and Pedro.” He handed him the tablet and pointed. “I want this land, and the girl on it. Give her a bit of a scare and bring her to me. If she’s who I think, we may have a new brood mare.”
    He turned to Falcon, “See? We’re good. Give your grandfather my regards. Tell him I’ll be up there this weekend for a steam and a massage.”
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 6
     
    Furious, Jace got out of his rental truck, strolled across the rough terrain, and walked up the hill to her burrow. Already the sun was low, turning the desert sand orange, and here he was, babysitting, instead of enjoying the great outdoors.
    All he’d wanted was some fucking time alone, away from people, and especially from