Silver Master

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Author: Jayne Castle
usually throw their business at people connected to the organizations. There must be half a dozen private investigation and security firms in Cadence that are owned and operated by retired hunters. Is your firm one of those companies?”
    He contemplated her with a considering expression. “I come from a family of hunters. But I turned out a little different.”
    “I see.” More bad news. He came from a Guild family. Traditionally, Guild people married other Guild people. It was one of the many customs that, in her opinion, had kept the organizations from going truly mainstream.
    How could she have been so wrong about him? So much for her psychic powers.
    Sadly, all the lecturing in the world wasn’t going to dampen her intuitive reaction to Davis Oakes. Something about him compelled her senses, riveted them. Probably a bug-to-liquid-amber kind of thing. Silly little bug gets attracted to the enticing, glowing resin, goes for a stroll, gets stuck and— whappo —the stuff hardens around her and she’s trapped in amber forever.
    “I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to give me that artifact.” Davis reached inside his jacket and took out a checkbook. “I’ll reimburse you for the cost plus an extra thousand for your trouble.”
    “An extra thousand ?” She was stunned. “It’s worth that much to the Guild?”
    “Let’s just say that my client is very eager to recover the relic. Fifteen hundred?”
    The arrogance of the offer irritated her.
    “What happens if I refuse to hand it over?” she asked.
    He took out a pen, put the checkbook down on the desk, and began writing. “Why would you want to do that?”
    “Gosh, I don’t know.” She unfolded her arms and spread her hands. “Maybe because I bought it legally. Even got a receipt.”
    “The relic was stolen. You are not the legal owner.”
    “Maybe I just don’t like the Guild thinking it has the right to have a private investigator barge into my office and take it away from me without an adequate explanation.”
    He did not look up from writing the check. “This is Guild business, Miss Ingram.”
    “I love it,” she said, not bothering to conceal her disgust.
    He glanced up. “You love what?”
    “You thinking that Guild business is an adequate explanation.” She wrinkled her nose in disgust. “That is so very Guild-like.”
    He straightened, put the pen back in his pocket, tore out the check, and handed it to her. “Maybe this will make up for the lack of a full explanation.”
    She took the check from him and read it carefully. Two thousand dollars was clearly written out in a bold scrawl. She could do a lot with two thousand. Pay her rent, buy some badly needed new clothes, treat herself to some fancy restaurants…
    She tore the check in half very deliberately and then put the halves together and ripped them into fourths.
    He regarded her with polite inquiry.
    “Not enough?” he asked.
    “There is no amount of money that I would feel comfortable accepting from the Guild.” She shuddered. “In point of fact, I don’t want anything from the organization.”
    “You’re going to make this difficult?”
    “Not at all.” She gave him a tight little smile. “You can have the stupid artifact, because the last thing I want is to become involved in Guild business.”
    “You’re sure you won’t accept the money?”
    “Positive.”
    “You do realize that this means that the Cadence Guild now owes you a favor,” Davis said neutrally.
    “ No , absolutely not.” She was appalled. “The Guild doesn’t owe me a thing.”
    “You know what they say, the Guild always pays its debts.”
    “Sounds like a real nightmare scenario to me. Look, I’ll make a deal with you. You can thank me for giving you the artifact by not mentioning my name to your client.”
    He thought about that briefly and then nodded once, his expression somber. “If that’s what you want. I don’t see how keeping quiet about your role in this will violate my
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