by Michael Todd
“And why would I do that?” he challenged and made a reasonable attempt to appear brave, although his racing heart contradicted it.
“Because you know who I am and what I’m capable of. I don’t give a shit about you, but you know that if you don’t change your situation quickly, you’ll be caught in the crossfire when I finally eliminate your precious client. I’ll give you the option to change your situation. You’re clear to leave here and the FBI will set you up in a nice little safe house far away. Better yet, your client will be so busy with me she won’t have the time to worry about you.”
Carlson eyed the club in the operative’s hands. He knew the man was right, but a sinking feeling still lurked in his gut when he looked into the man’s icy, expressionless green eyes.
“That’s not good enough,” he said finally. “If I’m ruin everything I built my life around for this, you need to offer me something better.”
“Well, I’m not in the most generous of moods,” Savage responded coldly. “Besides, I am offering to spare your life in this deal. But name it and I’ll see if I can do it.”
“That’s what I mean,” the man stated with almost unnatural calm. “You, Anderson, and Monroe ruined everything. I’ve been left with nothing but bullseyes on my back, and I want an end to it. I’ll tell you everything I know about the client, but I need you to kill me when I’m finished.”
“Hell,” the man said with a small grin. “I would do that for free. But start talking.”
The ex-CEO pulled himself up to sit on the grass. “Her name is Elena Molina. She’s a billionaire heiress to a huge casino fortune out of Monaco. In addition, she’s worked toward saving the world using the tools pulled out of the Zoo. She’s a little crazy like that. Honestly, she’s a fucking psychopath who doesn’t care who she hurts in the process. And that is all I know, I swear to God.”
Savage stared at him for a few seconds and looked like he tried to decide if he believed him or not. A second later, though, he tilted his head and his gaze shifted skyward. Carlson realized he was talking to someone else.
“It looks like what you’ve said adds up, Carlson,” the operative said and stood.
“Your side of the bargain,” he demanded when it seemed his nemesis was about to walk away.
“Oh…right, I almost forgot.” He casually drew what looked like an elongated, technologically advanced revolver from a holster under his arm. With little ceremony, he leveled the weapon at Carlson, who only had time to close his eyes before Savage pulled the trigger.
Birth of Heavy Metal
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Author Notes - Michael Anderle
May 22, 2019
THANK YOU for not only reading this story but these Author Notes as well.
(I think I’ve been good with always opening with “thank you.” If not, I need to edit the other Author Notes!)
RANDOM (sometimes) THOUGHTS?
It is done.
We officially ‘finished’ cleaning out the house in Texas, and we should have it sold in one week to the new owners.
This is the house I lived in when I wrote Death Becomes Her (The Kurtherian Gambit series Book 01) in 2015.
And many many more books.
It wasn’t until our younger two sons Jacob and Joseph got out of high school that we moved to Las Vegas.
We kept the house an extra year beyond when we necessarily needed to because the guys (including myself) weren’t quite ready to get rid of it. It took one Christmas and one Spring Break to confirm we were ready and willing to let it go.
For the boys, they lived in it during the summer after their first year of college. The house is too big for two teenagers living there. Heck, it’s too big for a family of four, truthfully.
But, with two final trips to get rid of the trash and a final pick-up by Goodwill, the house is ready for the make-ready crew to clean it for the new owners, and that is one minor stress we won’t need to worry about.
I wonder if (in the far future) I’ll ever want to go back and check out the house where it all started? This wonderful author / publisher journey I’ve taken.
I can imagine I will.
But, it won’t be soon.
I wish the new owners the absolute best with their possession. May they create new dreams and see them come true while they live there.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
One of the interesting (at least to me) aspects of my life is the ability to work from anywhere and at any time. In the future, I hope to re-read my own Author Notes and remember my life as a diary entry.
I35 coming down from Oklahoma to Trophy Club, TX
Presently, we are driving from Winstar back to our motel room for our last night here in Texas. Tomorrow, we have an important phone call about one of our projects releasing in November, and then we hit the road.
Heading back to Las Vegas.
My leg is healing from some sort of muscle problem (and a touch of heat exhaustion while packing on Saturday.)
Well, that and a whole host of issues related to having to use a bunch of muscles that have atrophied as I sat on my @#$@# and wrote stories, replied to questions on Facebook, and ‘speaking’ on SLACK to those who I work with.
I imagine my fingers have the equivalent of a six-pack of abs. Unfortunately, that doesn’t turn my wife’s head whatsoever.
If I could just create a product to use up an inordinate amount of calories by typing, I’d be a very healthy author.
(Editor’s note: Michael, you invented Goop. Now just put it on the market! We’ll all be healthy and perfect after that.)
I can wish, right?
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Other Zoo Books
BIRTH OF HEAVY METAL
He Was Not Prepared (1)
She Is His Witness (2)
Backstabbing Little Assets (3)
Blood Of My Enemies (4)
Get Out Of Our Way (5)
APOCALYPSE PAUSED
Fight for Life and Death (1)
Get Rich or Die Trying (2)
Big Assed Global Kegger (3)
Ambassadors and Scorpions (4)
Nightmares From Hell (5)
Calm Before The Storm (6)
One Crazy Pilot (7)
One Crazy Rescue (8)
One Crazy Machine (9)
SOLDIERS OF FAME AND FORTUNE
Nobody’s Fool (1)
Nobody Lives Forever (2)
Nobody Drinks That Much (3)
Nobody Remembers But Us (4)
Ghost Walking (5)
Ghost Talking (6)
Ghost Brawling (7)
Ghost Stalking (8)
Ghost Resurrection (9)
Ghost Adaptation (10)
Ghost Redemption (11)
Ghost Revolution (12)
TEAM SAVAGE
Savage Reborn (1)
Savage Reload (2)
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