too good."
Katsu peered at him, then chuckled.
"There you are," Nate called, glancing at them as they approached. "I was getting ready to send out a search party."
Ashe grinned unrepentantly. "You haven't sent out a search party yet, and how often do I go missing?"
Nate snorted, echoed by Katsu. "Too often," Nate muttered.
"Hey," Katsu said suddenly. "If I didn't get paid, I don't owe you anything."
"You sure do," Ashe responded, easy with familiar banter. "You owe me for all of my stuff, and my horse, too."
"I sold those to get herbs for you--"
"Forget it, Katsu," Ashe said cheerfully. "I'm not giving that green egg back."
Katsu said nothing, giving Ashe a narrow-eyed look. Ashe just grinned wider.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.
Dragon Traders
SINGLE SHOTS
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Copyright 2011 by JB McDonald
Cover illustration by Alessia Brio
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ISBN: 978-1-61040-288-0
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