t moment, those three wo

ambled to come up with a feasible answer, an alarm we

mumbled, pocketing his phone quickly. He nods at Ru

the–put

ent's voice was cold and menacing. I'm not sure w

ou know, for her job. Right?" He looked at me, sly

're gonna circle ba

r for me to be on standby. Safer

omercial antics." Ruper

til we were outside, amongst

dark

gave him a second to respond but he seemed lost in thought

ly, then motioned towards one of the b

giving me another wink as he flew off, delivering a punch into the reptile's nose. Its body recoi

rrible but at lea

g for me to clean up...

e shadows. I know it's my job to clean up, but after meeting Rupert and listening to the way h

uld do som

inte

ted me, like a rec

ing,

. Whoever it was, they weren't calling out to me but to the person

knees crawling away from the fight. A woman called out

autopilot. Standing next to him now, I helped him walk

Where did y

hood. You should hobbl

s showing at once on his ot

e said, struggling t

h a single hand. Was there smoke coming from my ears because I was super pissed off.

y shoulder violently. Tiny cracks

ere. Keep yo

k t

? I told you to leave me b

ys

truggled. "

they get a say?!" I was yelling, making a scene, but I lost m

with each step we took. Bu

me. I was just too

op it. Y-you're

lose. We were nose to nose so there wa

ur bullshit Dax. You're gonna li

ack at Ruper

eyeing the rising smoke from the direction of the cit

he could but results must be shown. Changes to the system were just

t. He was the goddamn president and if he wanted so

dots representing every citizen filled his view. But not Sapphyra's, hers was pink. He

ainly a frown at t

ANGE UNAV

l do you mean

OMOTION I

ding the response over and

hat's not a thing." He mumbled in awe yet he

with Sapphyra before

he city s

nd next to his wife. She covered his face in ki

o

what the h

badly then I'll kill you myself!" she screamed at him through her tears. I tried n

eality

went out the

g her assault. Dax co

hing stupid, he had a blank stare in his eyes earli

he shoulders, centering her. "What

the way they are for a reason. Stupid

her beyond the roaring in my ears. It

on Dax aga

n the table–a blank lo

the world-eating snake