The Wraith (Superhero by Night Book 1)
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I’d call that a job well done.
Chapter 35
“You know, there is still plenty of crime to fight in Detroit,” Krisan said as she leaned against me. Once the smoke started seeping out of the passages and vents the authorities had stormed aboard. I’d taken Krisan’s hand and led her away from the police and firemen. She was shell-shocked, a little bruised, but nothing that wouldn’t heal.
“I think the stories of what the Wraith did here tonight will calm things down for a good long while,” I said as I helped her over the last barrier to the parking area where I had left the Ducati.
“They just might,” she said with a grin. “Is he… is he dead?” she asked, suddenly serious.
I stopped, looking back at her for a moment. I realized she wasn’t talking about the super we had just burned. Whatever it was she had with the Wraith, it was personal, and I hated to be the bearer of bad news. I just nodded, not trusting myself to speak. After everything that had happened to me in the last year, I felt like acknowledging his death to another human being would be that one step too far and I would break.
I wouldn’t break. Not tonight. Not ever, if I could help it.
“Now what?” she asked.
“There’s a shelter downtown I stayed at when I first moved here. Can you donate Joseph’s cash to them?”
She nodded. “Of course. Send me the address when you can… and where the money is.”
“Your evidence is with the money too, I managed to find it in your vent.”
“Oh good,” she said. “I was worried they destroyed it. But that wasn’t what I meant, where will you go next?”
I looked out over the lock. Smoke still streamed out of the freighter. I’d saved a lot of lives tonight. It felt good. More than good. Whatever it was inside of me, rewarding me for killing, I needed to know more.
“I’m going home. Ghost was only a grunt, I need the rest of his organization along with anyone else involved.”
Krisan sighed. A sad, lonely sound. “Please be careful,” she said.
I turned and suddenly found myself on the receiving end of a hug. “Kufu would have loved you.” I assumed she meant her deceased husband.
I had never had trouble with emotions before—I was always giving and receiving hugs. This was no different. I clasped my arms around her and returned it.
“I might call you,” I said.
“Why?”
“Even a Wraith needs a friend.”
The End for now…
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I had so much fun writing Madisun and Krisan. They are two awesome characters. Madi has many more adventures to come. I've always loved the Punisher and I really wanted to do a take on the vigilante justice superhero. However, since I was writing it, I didn't want it to be quite so dark. I'm sure you are eager to find out when the next Wraith adventure is coming out, well worry no more! You can stay up to date by clicking and signing up for my mailing list, Facebook, or my author page on Amazon. If you enjoyed the book, please leave a review, they are incredibly helpful to authors like me!
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What can I say, I love superheroes. I learned to read on Amazing Spider-man and have read them my whole life, well at least until about 10 years ago. Now I read books here and there. When I first started writing, I thought I would be writing all this science-fiction. But after I first published Arsenal, I accidentally discovered a niche that was in dire need of more books: Superheroes!
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