The Mate Agreement
The instantaneous change in his tone scares me further.
I look around at the empty place. Where the fuck are people when you need them the most?! My eyes fall on Alina Anna Volkova’s painting. “By the Luna painting, the uh…” What’s the word, what’s the word, what’s the damn word?! I snap my fingers. “The Art exhibit!”
There’s a loud sound of a door shutting on Akio’s end of the line, and then hurried footsteps. “If the seizures start, hold him down.”