The thoughts bounded along with the fading power, and I hated how powerless I truly felt.
And when the power Roche fed me dissolved into nothing, leaving behind my aching bones and protesting stomach, my damn blue balls...I was angry.
How dare she!
“Personally, I do not care what you do, Endor.It is your life to fuck up.Just remember that should you fail, you will never see the surface.Management will keep you so far buried beneath paperwork you won’t even see your own damn ass.”
I considered her words.
Roche did not have to remind me what was at stake.My fate was intertwined with Mercy’s.Her allegiance equated my promotion.Her loyalty was my ticket out of hell.
So why did I feel guilty?
Why was the vial in my palm burning a hole there?
Why did it feel like it was I who was being poisoned?
I closed my hand around it, shoving it in my pocket.
“Understood,” I said, flashing an annoyed smile at Roche.
“Now, if you don’t mind, I must take an actual piss.And I am not in the mood for your desperate attempts to get in my pants.”
Roche scoffed at me, flashing her dark eyelashes at me, her crimson lips turning up in the corners like an insane clown.
“Well, isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black,” she cooed.
“Desperate demons do desperate things, Endor.And no matter what you do, you will always be ademon.”
With that she was gone.
I was alone once more, the only sound the buzzing fluorescent light above me, the air cold.
CHAPTER10
Valory
“A womanas fine as you should not be drinking alone,” a voice drawled, pulling me from my macabre thoughts.Endor had not yet returned from his bathroom trip, and I was starting to wonder if I should put a candle out in remembrance.
The man in question looked to be in his late thirties, his skin weathered and brown, as if he spent too much time in the sun.His eyes were dark, and his stature slumped, and he carried the confidence of a man who clearly thought every womandeservedhim.
Which only irritated me.
A strange thought crossed my mind as I considered Matthew’s words.
I’d never truly been one to flirt, or use myfemininewiles to get anything.But the lightbulb had gone off, and I wondered if there truly was a truth to his claims.
And if this littletestproved successful, perhaps there was a way out of this impossible scenario that would not involve me having topoisonEndor.
Which I felt strangely guilty about...
I squared my shoulders, sitting up straight as I batted my eyelashes, pushing my cleavage to the forefront.
“Well, buy me a drink, and then I won’t be alone,” I said with a wink.
I watched the man’s eyes widen with his grin—a crooked tooth grin to be exact—and I knew I had him.
Hook line, and sinker.
