Reveal Quotes

“So you and the warrior there,” he starts. “Are you like an item?”
“What warrior?”
“Him,” he says, pointing to Laec. “He’s a real warrior, though he seems a little lacking in the mental department. Maybe he’s the strong, silent type. Is that the type you like?”
“Laec and I are just friends.”
“So I have a shot?”
“No.”
“That sounded final.”
“What is your problem?”
“Hey, I told you. I’m just a fun-loving guy.”
“Do you ever shut up?”
“You’ll miss me when I’m gone.”
“I doubt it.”
― Aesyn Cravery, Reveal

“We got your name from a pawnbroker. Mitch Clinton. You know him?”
“Unfortunately. And before you go any further, I’m retired.” He looks at the old man. “Why didn’t you tell ‘em that, Zack?”
The other man shrugs and lowers himself onto a scuffed wooden stool. He pulls out a tobacco tin and shoves a wad in his mouth before answering. “I’m not your secretary.” Kellen rolls his eyes.
“You haven’t heard our offer yet,” Darrius adds.
“Don’t need to. People don’t go see Mitch to pawn their old stereos. You’re looking for a hunter.”
Darrius shrugs. “Yes and no. We’re not looking to hunt someone so much as retrieve them.”
Kellen drains the Nehi and tucks the empty bottle into the wooden crate next to the machine. “Either way, I don’t do it anymore. But just out of curiosity, since you came all this way…” this last he adds with a smirk, “who is it you’re looking to retrieve?”
I grin to myself, vowing to keep my mouth shut. Let’s see if Darrius can reel this one in alone. “My brother. He was…abducted.”
“Abducted, huh? Not really my thing, even if I was interested, which I’m not.”
“Because you’re retired.”
Kellen nods approvingly. “You catch on quick.”
― Aesyn Cravery, Reveal