PRETEND PRINCESS
"Booth twelve."
I strode across tangled wires and trash-covered soda cans, heels clicking on the filthy floor, hating every second.
There, in the corner booth, sat a man — thin, motionless with fear.
Tattoos crawled up his neck and onto his arms. His black eyes looked up to mine, unreadable, cold as winter. A cigarette dangled from his mouth, and the flickering light caught on a silver ring in his brow.
Zed.
"You Zed?"
My voice shook hard not at all.