He lost the fight, a smile breaking out as he chuckled. “If you want to.”
“Yes!” Foxx squealed, bouncing in his seat. “Oh! Why don’t we do a tour of the weird things to see around the US?! Did you know that there is a potato hotel?!” The vampire frowned. “Well, it’s more of a potato house, that you can rent, and it’s not really made of potatoes or anything. Can you imagine the smell if it was?”
“A tour of weird things… I'm pretty sureyouare the weird thing.”
Foxx hmphed. “I am not weird, I’m adorable!”
Harlow smirked. His mouth opened to say he was both, but at that moment, his dashboard started to ring. The incoming call screen, showing an unknown number, popped up on the navigation. “What…”
“I set up your phone to automatically connect.”
“Why?”
“So, you don’t have to struggle to not only get your phone out, but then to swipe and answer it while driving.”
Foxx pressed the accept button.
“You think you’ve won, don’t you, Harlow? That you pulled one over on me.”
They both stiffened at the sound of Maverick’s voice.
Harlow tsked. “Calling to bitch and whine, Maverick? How like you.”
“Just know that what happens next is your fault,” the man growled.
Foxx snorted. “You know your problem, Maverick? You seem to love blaming others for the shit you do. And I honestly have been wondering, are you refusing to own up to the monstrous shit you do because you’re a coward? Or are you really just that stuck in your insane vigilante fantasy that you can’t recognize how full of bullshit you are?
“I mean, the former is plausible. But I’m pretty sure it’s the latter, and that you’re just trying to make everyone suffer for your shitty childhood, because boo-fucking-who, no one wanted to play with you.”
Maverick growled, the sound oddly animalistic. “That your new partner, Harlow?” the man ground out.
Harlow smirked. “Lover, actually.”
Maverick inhaled sharply. “You…continueto disappoint!”
“OH, did you hear that, Harlow? The nutjob is disappointed?! What ever shall we do?” Foxx cried dramatically.
“SHUT UP!” the man roared. Taking a shuddered breath, Maverick hissed, “Just know, I wish you both were there… OH, and…say hi to…Tony for me, will you?”
Right as the call cut off, there was a loud booming sound that came from somewhere behind them. The car vibrated in the aftermath of what could only be an explosion of some kind. Even before the shaking stopped, Harlow was slammingon the brakes, his tires screeching as he jerked the vehicle to a standstill.
Both sitting silently, their hearts seemed to pick up in speed at the same time the sirens began. Without a word, Harlow and Foxx slowly looked back.
A small plume of smoke floated up in the distance, and the light of a fire broke up the night sky and city lights, all coming from…where they had just left—from the Guild.
THE END!
