“There it is,” Kendra says.
Dallas holds up a finger and heaves a bit more. Hayden runs to the bag of supplies to get him a water bottle.
I rub Dallas’s back. “It’s normal. But now I don’t want to kiss you anytime soon.”
He snorts and rinses his mouth out. Thank goodness he took off his ski mask before throwing up. That could have been extra nasty.
“What do we do now?” Dallas asks at the same time the secret knock rings through the room.
“Clean-up crew. We got one everywhere,” Kendra says as she heads over to let them in.
I continue to rub Dallas’s back as he drinks down the water.
“That was such an amazing show,” Hayden says. He vibrates energy like I usually do and I need him to take it down a notch.
“Glad you approve,” I say. “Now we need to hose down and head back to the hotel for proper showers. Make sure you don’t trailanythingback.”
They both nod as Kendra leads the crew to our torture spot.
“I need a burger or something after that,” I say. “Oh! Or waffles! I fucking love waffles after a kill.” I rub my stomach when it rumbles.
Dallas takes my hand and kisses the back. “I’ll take you to waffles every day if you want.”
35
DALLAS
I stare at the ceiling. I killed a guy. I killed a guy and I don’t feel bad about it at all. Not even a smidgen. Does that make me fucked up? One less monster on the street. It’s the best feeling in the world.
“What are you thinking about?” Casey asks. He’s cuddled up to me after we all went out for waffles. We even swung by the abandoned building at my insistence, and it was as if nothing even happened there. It’s fucking wild what that clean-up crew can do.
Casey said they sunk the man in the ocean in a concrete box. No one is ever gonna find Charles, no matter how hard they look. I’m almost sad about it. I wish the world could see our handiwork.
“Killed a dude and I’mhappyabout it. That’s kinda fucked up.”
Casey kisses my jaw. “You’re my hero for it. I really couldn’t have done it. I was too exhausted. Thank you.” He rubs his head against my chest. How can this man be the sweetest on Earth and a deadly mercenary? Just how?
“Just tell me when and where and I’ll do it again.” I kiss the top of his head and he scoots closer. “I want to join youand Kendra if you’ll let me.” I want to feel the life drain out of these monsters. Want to witness it up close with my own eyes. A hunger grows inside of me now that I’ve had a taste of true justice.
The alarm goes off. Time to start day one of Influencer Con.
“You said we can doallthe cute photos today,” Casey says. “I have the perfect outfit.”
“We can do cute pics every day we’re here.” Whatever Casey wants, I’ll follow.
We roll out of bed and dress. Casey wears a white mesh top and a pair of pink and purple leggings with a scale design. The purple wig matches perfectly. I like watching him do his makeup and turn into Merrick, but Casey is the love of my life.
I suck in a breath and he looks at me funny. “What?”
“I love you.”
He blinks a few times and his face goes red. “What?” he whispers.
“I. Love. You.” I saunter over to his side and take his hands in mine.
Casey’s eyes drop to my lips. “We could sneak in a quickie. Probably.”
We’re on each other before our next breath. Teeth crashing into each other awkwardly. It’s not exactly sexy, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
