{"sf1_id":843315,"sf2_id":"YnLYvEZ1","title":"Amber Silverblood: Chapter Fifty One","author":"ThisAdamGuy","words":943,"posted_at":"2015-04-04T12:36:00.000Z","tags":["Action","Adventure","Betrayal","Demon","Fantasy","Gangs","Ghoul","Mage","Magic","Suspense","Transformation","Urban","Urban Fantasy","Warlock","Werewolf","gremlin","wizard"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/843315-amber-silverblood-chapter-fifty-one","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/YnLYvEZ1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/80/64/8064db7c-9bea-4c20-9815-7fd37ceb0c6d","description":"#54 of Amber Silverblood\n\nOn her way back to the Pag house, Amber comes across a new face. He introduces himself as Roy, and really, REALLY wants Amber to do him a favor.","content":"Chapter Fifty One\n\nI was still holding the wad of money in my hand when I left the restaurant, which, looking back, I can see was a bad idea.\u0026nbsp; I was walking out of a store, onto a busy street, holding $1200 right where everyone could see it.\u0026nbsp; I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when _he_ started following me.\n\nI was about halfway back to the pack house when I realized he was there.\u0026nbsp; It just goes to show you how deep in thought I was that I didn't notice him sooner.\u0026nbsp; I couldn't stop thinking about everything that D.K. was doing, and the part I was playing in it.\u0026nbsp; He'd sent me on two robberies already, and I didn't even know how many he might have gone on without me.\u0026nbsp; They were peaceful robberies, I'll admit, but I was still walking away with another person's money.\u0026nbsp; I hated it, but I couldn't do a dadgum thing about it.\u0026nbsp; I hated that even more.\n\nAnyway, the guy was wearing clothes that were so bright, it almost hurt to look at him in direct sunlight.\u0026nbsp; Firetruck red jacket with a neon orange shirt underneath.\u0026nbsp; His hat was made of the same stuff as those reflective vests people wear at night.\u0026nbsp; It was embarrassing, but I'm pretty sure I was the only one on the street that _hadn't_seen him coming a mile away.\u0026nbsp; When he saw that I'd noticed him, he gave up following me and came to walk beside me.\n\n\"Hey there, how you doing?\" he asked, lowering his sunglasses so that I could see his eyes.\u0026nbsp; He looked to be about nineteen or twenty.\n\n\"Fine,\" I said.\u0026nbsp; This wasn't exactly a situation I was unfamiliar with.\u0026nbsp; Some of the guys at school would hit on me now and then.\u0026nbsp; The key was to use as few words as possible until they got the message and left me alone.\u0026nbsp; This was a little different though.\u0026nbsp; I wasn't at school, where the teachers could intervene if he tried anything.\u0026nbsp; I was out on the streets, with no supervision.\n\n_You're a werewolf now too,_ I thought, mentally kicking myself.\u0026nbsp; _If he gives you trouble, you can break his every bone in his pervy body._\n\n\"This is a nice day,\" he said, idly waving his hand around.\n\n\"Yep,\" I replied.\n\n\"Really freaking nice day.\"\n\n\"Uh huh.\"\n\n\"That's a nice bit of cash you got there.\"\n\nI jumped a little when he said this, and finally realized that I still had the money in my hand. \u0026nbsp;I tightened my grip on it.\n\n\"How much you got?\" he asked, staring at it.\n\n\"None of your business, creep,\" I snapped.\u0026nbsp; \"Get lost!\"\n\n\"Oh, right!\" he said, snapping his fingers.\u0026nbsp; \"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself.\u0026nbsp; My name's Roy.\"\n\n\"I don't care.\"\n\nHe reached into his pocket and pulled out a business card.\u0026nbsp; \"Here's my card.\"\n\nI glared at him for a second, and then reluctantly took the card.\u0026nbsp; There was only one word on it, printed in big, black letters.\n\n_\"YOINK!\"_\n\n\"What the heck does that mean?\" I asked, holding it back to him.\n\nHe took it, and started twirling it between his fingers.\u0026nbsp; \"It's my catchphrase.\u0026nbsp; My calling card, I guess you could say.\"\n\n\"Whatever,\" I said, falling back on my silence plan.\n\n\"All the great thieves have them,\" he said, holding his hands dramatically in front of him.\u0026nbsp; The card was between two of his fingers.\u0026nbsp; \"They left them in place of whatever they stole to let the owners know who it was that took it.\"\n\n\"And, what?\" I asked.\u0026nbsp; \"You're a master thief, yourself?\"\n\n\"One of the best.\"\u0026nbsp; He grinned.\u0026nbsp; \"But that's not important.\u0026nbsp; I'm a little low on cash right now.\u0026nbsp; Think you could help me out?\"\n\n\"Screw you!\" I snapped, transferring the money to my other hand to get it away from him.\n\n\"Aw, come on!\" he pleaded, smirking and elbowing me in the ribs, \"you've got a small fortune there.\u0026nbsp; You wouldn't miss a couple hundred dollars, would you?\"\n\nI turned and gave him my scariest glare.\u0026nbsp; \"Get lost!\"\n\n\"Okay, okay,\" he said, and stepped in front of me.\u0026nbsp; For a second, I considered just knocking him down and walking over him, but decided against it.\u0026nbsp; I still made a fist, ready to nail him if he did anything funny.\n\nHe took a deep breath, shaking his head, and said, \"Look, my mom's in the hospital.\u0026nbsp; She's got cancer, okay?\u0026nbsp; I work at McDonald's, so I can't pay her bills.\u0026nbsp; It would mean so much to me if you could help me out just a little!\"\n\n\"You're lying,\" I said.\u0026nbsp; \"You're clothes are way too expensive for someone who can't pay to keep his mom in the hospital.\"\n\nHe froze for a second, and then burst out laughing.\u0026nbsp; \"Wow, is that obvious?\u0026nbsp; All right, fine, you win.\u0026nbsp; I'll just go.\"\n\nAnd just like that, he turned around and ran off.\u0026nbsp; I watched him go for a few seconds, hardly able to believe that he was going to quit so easily after all that effort.\u0026nbsp; I shrugged.\u0026nbsp; Oh well, I didn't have time to deal with him anyway.\u0026nbsp; Maybe it would be a good idea to keep the money in my...\n\n_Where was the money?_\n\nI looked at my hand, and bit back a shriek when I saw it empty except for one thing: a tiny white business card with one word written on it in black ink.\n\n_\"YOINK!\"_\n\nNEXT TIME: Aw, crap!\u0026nbsp; Roy's got her money!\u0026nbsp; D.K.'s gonna be pissed.\u0026nbsp; She'd better get it back before he finds out!\u0026nbsp; Hey readers, don't forget to tune in tomorrow for a bonus Easter chapter!\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Amber Silverblood","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/839909-amber-silverblood-chapter-fifty.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/843847-amber-silverblood-bonus-chapter-4-easter-2015.json"}}