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was up and had closed the distance between the two of them in an instant. He was right there in Jase’s face, growling words from between gritted teeth. “You did what?”
“I invited a few guys to hang round the fire. Jesus what’s your problem, if it’s such a big deal I’ll tell them to go.”
A third voice sounded from the darkness, a voice that was silky and smooth, that almost seemed honey coated. “No, that’s all right. I think we’ll stay.”
Three men walked into the light of the fire pit, their faces made into hideous masks by the dancing of the flames. One was short and incredibly fat, I recognised him as one of the barflies that had been hanging around when Cassie and I had visited the bar, he looked barely able to stand and his head wobbled around drunkenly as he moved. Another was tall, thin and unfamiliar to me, though he looked just about as far gone as his friend. The third man I recognised instantly for his glowing yellow eyes. The bar man from Old Red’s.
“What a nice place you’ve got here Hakan.” He said. “You know all the years we’ve lived in the same town and you’ve never once invited me round. But now I know I can pop by any time I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more of each other.” He grinned and sat down on a log a few paces from me. I could feel Hakan bristling with tension and rage.
“Remember me?” He said, turning to look at me. “I certainly remember you, though we were never introduced. They call me Earl.”
Hakan turned to the gaggle of volunteers. “Go to bed now. This project is over, I’ll drive you all into town tomorrow.”
“What the fuck is your problem man?” Jase staggered over, jabbing the neck of his bourbon bottle into Hakan’s broad chest. “We’ve been working our asses off and you barely acknowledge us, now just because we bring a few people back you start ordering us to bed like we are kids.” He was getting more worked up as he spoke, I tried to get in between them, knowing it would not end well for skinny drunken Jase if he tried to fight Hakan, but before I could reach them he had already drawn his arm back and swung.
Hakan dodged the punch easily, rocking back on his heels so that Jase ended up flailing uselessly at thin air. Quick as prairie lightning he shot out his hand and grabbed Jase by the shirt front, picking him up as if he weighed nothing at all and hurling him bodily over the roaring fire to lie in a whimpering heap in the shadows beyond.
“To bed!” Hakan shouted. I was shocked, the way he had flung the other man away spoke of a cruel and dangerous side I had yet to see in my new lover.
Earl spoke from where he had been sitting by the fire. “Now I’m not sure that’s really fair is it, shouldn’t you pick on someone your own size?”
The two men circled each other, their eyes blazing in the firelight, Earl’s reflecting the orange of the flames, Hakan’s shining with the mysterious inner light that seemed to burn through when we made love. Both men sunk lower as they eyed each other, creeping, almost stalking. I shuddered to watch them, it was clear that they were both in possession of a raw inner power, I was beginning to realise that maybe there was something sinister living in both of them.
“You can’t beat me one-on-one Earl so I really wouldn’t try.” Hakan snarled from between his teeth.
“I might not be able to fight you now Hakan, but I have been invited in, you have no safety from me now. You have no place to raise your child that I cannot reach. If you leave a window open, if you forget to lock a door, I’ll be there. The Lions of the Mountain will not allow The Prophesies to come true.”
Hakan launched himself at Earl and for a moment I saw them in their true forms, a huge powerful wolf flying towards a giant hissing cat. Their bodies connected and they were two men struggling on the ground together. I looked around the circle to see if anyone else had seen what I had momentarily
“I invited a few guys to hang round the fire. Jesus what’s your problem, if it’s such a big deal I’ll tell them to go.”
A third voice sounded from the darkness, a voice that was silky and smooth, that almost seemed honey coated. “No, that’s all right. I think we’ll stay.”
Three men walked into the light of the fire pit, their faces made into hideous masks by the dancing of the flames. One was short and incredibly fat, I recognised him as one of the barflies that had been hanging around when Cassie and I had visited the bar, he looked barely able to stand and his head wobbled around drunkenly as he moved. Another was tall, thin and unfamiliar to me, though he looked just about as far gone as his friend. The third man I recognised instantly for his glowing yellow eyes. The bar man from Old Red’s.
“What a nice place you’ve got here Hakan.” He said. “You know all the years we’ve lived in the same town and you’ve never once invited me round. But now I know I can pop by any time I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more of each other.” He grinned and sat down on a log a few paces from me. I could feel Hakan bristling with tension and rage.
“Remember me?” He said, turning to look at me. “I certainly remember you, though we were never introduced. They call me Earl.”
Hakan turned to the gaggle of volunteers. “Go to bed now. This project is over, I’ll drive you all into town tomorrow.”
“What the fuck is your problem man?” Jase staggered over, jabbing the neck of his bourbon bottle into Hakan’s broad chest. “We’ve been working our asses off and you barely acknowledge us, now just because we bring a few people back you start ordering us to bed like we are kids.” He was getting more worked up as he spoke, I tried to get in between them, knowing it would not end well for skinny drunken Jase if he tried to fight Hakan, but before I could reach them he had already drawn his arm back and swung.
Hakan dodged the punch easily, rocking back on his heels so that Jase ended up flailing uselessly at thin air. Quick as prairie lightning he shot out his hand and grabbed Jase by the shirt front, picking him up as if he weighed nothing at all and hurling him bodily over the roaring fire to lie in a whimpering heap in the shadows beyond.
“To bed!” Hakan shouted. I was shocked, the way he had flung the other man away spoke of a cruel and dangerous side I had yet to see in my new lover.
Earl spoke from where he had been sitting by the fire. “Now I’m not sure that’s really fair is it, shouldn’t you pick on someone your own size?”
The two men circled each other, their eyes blazing in the firelight, Earl’s reflecting the orange of the flames, Hakan’s shining with the mysterious inner light that seemed to burn through when we made love. Both men sunk lower as they eyed each other, creeping, almost stalking. I shuddered to watch them, it was clear that they were both in possession of a raw inner power, I was beginning to realise that maybe there was something sinister living in both of them.
“You can’t beat me one-on-one Earl so I really wouldn’t try.” Hakan snarled from between his teeth.
“I might not be able to fight you now Hakan, but I have been invited in, you have no safety from me now. You have no place to raise your child that I cannot reach. If you leave a window open, if you forget to lock a door, I’ll be there. The Lions of the Mountain will not allow The Prophesies to come true.”
Hakan launched himself at Earl and for a moment I saw them in their true forms, a huge powerful wolf flying towards a giant hissing cat. Their bodies connected and they were two men struggling on the ground together. I looked around the circle to see if anyone else had seen what I had momentarily
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