Kira would be sad if anything happened to her oshota.
“Everyone else is fair game.”
No one else was likely to go looking for Dylan.Anyone not on the list he’d given the scorpion held a high likelihood of being an enemy or traitor.Maybe both.Either way, they weren’t likely to be someone Jin cared that much about.
“Now is there anyone else in this hotel I need to protect?”Jin asked his spawn.
He didn’t think so.
Raider and Finn still weren’t back, and Kira had sent Maksym on an errand before she left.The only one remaining besides Jin and Dylan was Caius’s underling.
What was that person’s name again?
Jin couldn’t quite remember.They had so little presence.
Ah, well, it didn’t really matter.
For his ruse to work, the mice needed to find some cheese.Otherwise, they might go in search of it.Angry, greedy mice might jeopardize both Jin’s safety and Dylan’s new hiding spot.
“Don’t forget to relay my message to Kira when she finally checks in,” Jin said, opening his door.
She’d worry otherwise.
Whistling, Jin sauntered out of the room and into the hallway.
“Oh, pirates, where are you?”
Kira
Lothos’s arm went rigid under Kira’s hand.“Where did you hear that?”
It worked.Holy shit.She couldn’t believe it.
Thank you, Fyr.
“Guess,” Kira spat.
Unable to sustain her awkward position anymore, her arms gave out.Kira slipped backwards until she was dangling over the edge, only the grip of her hands keeping her from falling.
She glanced down at the abyss below her feet and the tangled mess of metal that used to once be shipping containers.
If she fell down there, it was going to be a very bad day.
“General—have you accomplished what you promised?Is Roake’s heir dead?”someone called from behind Lothos.
Kira glanced up, trying to spot the person but unable to from this angle.
From the Tuann they’d spoken and the fact their voices weren’t ones Kira recognized, she assumed they were one of the rebels Graydon was tracking.
A human would have used standard.Tsavitee if they were attempting to win favor.
Kira met Lothos’s yellow eyes, waiting to see what he would do.
Right now, this was the most vulnerable she had ever been.This might be his best and only chance to kill her.
What’s it to be, Lothos?
Would he end this dance of theirs?Or would he give her a reprieve?
