About Trickster

by Elizabeth Coldwell
25 pages / 6600 words
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Military captain turned bounty hunter Rufus Trayner is obsessed with bringing the bad guys to justice. He’s in pursuit of hacker and con man, Jobi Wade, who posseses stolen information which might have the power to bring down whole worlds. Rufus goes to the rescue when he gets a distress call from Jobi’s ship, but Jobi has tricks up his sleeve that would fool any man. Now he’s stolen Rufus’ heart, and all Rufus can do is track him down, determined to whatever it takes to make Jobi his.

Sample

Turning a corner, I came across a sight that stopped me in my tracks. A man, who appeared to be somewhere in his late twenties, had been chained to the corridor wall, hands above his head. He was shirtless, and his pants had been reduced to little more than filthy rags. Dirt and sweat streaked his bare chest, and his head lolled forward, eyes closed. He was so still, I assumed he was unconscious, or worse.

Moving close to him, I pressed a tentative finger to his neck, searching for a pulse. Instantly, his eyelids shot open. Only one man I knew of had eyes of that distinctive violet hue, coupled with dark hair that fell in tangled corkscrews to his shoulders. Jobi Wade.

"Sh... Don't try to move," I cautioned him, as he struggled in his bonds. I had a water bottle at my hip. I unscrewed it and pressed it to his lips, watching as he drank thirstily. His mouth was puffy and bruised, as though he had taken a backhander there. Despite myself, I couldn't help but be struck by his fierce beauty. The scent of his sweat mingled with something more earthy, unmistakably male and deeply arousing. There was a scar running across the left side of his chest, close to his heart. I longed to run my tongue along it while he told me the story of how he had come by such a wound. Abel, if he were here, would have seen, in the tender way I stroked the hair out of Jobi's eyes, the seeds of something which could easily spiral out of control. I only saw a man in need of my help.