PROFESSOR'S PET (M×M)
I asked the host, my voice carefully neutral, my chin tilting slightly toward Daged.
“Oh, him?” she said, barely glancing over. “That’s Mr. Gorge’s personal assistant. He’s here to inspect the premises before his boss arrives.”
I gave a slow, deliberate nod, the pieces clicking into a terrifying new configuration.
So, Daged’s new master is Oran Gorge. The man I was sent to dismantle, the man I was sent to kill.
I allowed my eyes to meet Daged’s again, though his dark sunglasses revealed nothing. But his posture, straight and utterly still—spoke of a lethal rigidity. He doesn’t know me, I reassured myself, the thought a cold comfort.