Deadly Game
My fingers were flying across the mechanical keyboard, the rapid-fire clicking the only sound cutting through the damp room.
I was entirely on my own now. Zero was gone. Leaving him at the canal bank had been the hardest thing I’d done since escaping Malakai, but I couldn’t afford a partner whose loyalty was bought by the Vance syndicate—even if he claimed he had changed his mind because he loved me. In our world, love was just a vulnerability waiting to be exploited.
Access Denied. Security Protocol 9-Alpha Triggered.
"Damn it, Kai," I whispered, slamming my palm against the desk.