“Got it.So, you knew this whole time?”
“No.But the pieces are coming into place.You know, I see things that are wrong, things that are right, and the wakes they both make.I follow the paths.”
“Why tonight?Why Jienne?”
“Me or him?”
“You.”
“I was there for dinner, and there were shadows around her.I couldn’t follow her into Hell, so I stayed nearby and waited.Nothing horrifying could occur in a public place, right?I forgot the private levels were rated for public sex.The whole consortium went in, I got a strange feeling, and I had the whole path before she came out, shaking, a few hours later.”
“And when you saw her...”
“I saw it all.I have all of his accounts frozen.Nothing is moving, but that is where I got the warehouse and the most recent meal delivery for five, plus two larger meals for the guards.Delivered twice a day.”
“I am passing this on.Why didn’t you lead with this?”
“Oh, if I had, he would have gotten to the warehouse and killed them all.Now, he’s dead, and the ladies are free.I am guessing at their ages being seventeen to twenty-one.”
“Shit.Too young.How old is Jienne?”
“Twenty-five.She’s had practice at using her activation at work.The elite of the city need to be soothed a lot when they don’t get what they want.She’s very good.A pity she’s going to quit.”
Zera blinked.“What?Why?”
“Because Klauz was with the others, rolling around in her pleasure emissions.He and Techor were the worst participants because they leaned into it.The shadow invited them, and they came to watch Jienne’s surrender.That isn’t something she’s wired to do in front of her boss.Her soul is so repulsed by this evening that she isn’t going to be able to go back.Klauz and the others are going to need counselling as well.”
Zera paused.“Drin and her consortium are upstairs.”
“Excellent.Now I get to tell them that they just psychically raped a woman.This should be the way I wanted my evening to go.”
She ended the communication and headed for the elevator.
Being a silent partner in Z Tech and, now, in Z Corp, meant she knew where she was going.She had designed the building, after all.
Chapter Two
