Page 41 of Shark 2

“Actually, we’d finished it right when the bomb went off,” Jong-min said.

My eyes widened. “Who won?”

Grant raised his hand with a sheepish smile. “I did.”

“Congratulations!” I shouted and jumped up to hug him.

He laughed and squeezed me back. “Thank you.”

“That was a big pot to win, wasn’t it? What are you going to do with it?”

“We’ve been discussing what to do with the money if any of us won since we got invited, actually,” he admitted. “We were thinking of going on a trip to another country, but we weren’t certain if you’d be able to handle the flight. I guess now we know you can.”

“Flying is not fun, but I think I’ll be able to handle it, especially if it’s to go on a fun vacation with you guys.” I smiled broadly at them all, but they didn’t really return the smile.

Were they thinking about whether the trip would include Reed still?

I knew I was.

Someone knocked on the door. Grant walked to it and looked through the peephole. “Room service sure is fast here,” he said and opened the door.

The instant the door opened a smidge, the person on the other side kicked it all the way open and stormed inside. It was one of the suited men who’d tried to kill me.

Grant grabbed the guy by his jacket and started to throw him back out of the room, but four more men rushed inside.

Jong-min and Jong-hyun jumped to their feet, getting between me and the men. They moved so well together, in sync with each other with each punch, kick, and turn.

Now that I was prepared and not blindsided like yesterday, I stood and shifted into a half shift to give myself better defense from their blades and claws. My head shifted partially as well, my teeth lengthening to the length they’d be in my shark form, and I knew I looked really creepy with such a wide mouth and smile, but it was easier to bite this way.

Grant, Jong-min, and Jong-hyun fought against the men, but the fifth one, one of the ones who had stabbed me yesterday, got past them.

I smiled wide, showing off my teeth. “You won’t catch me distracted this time, asshole.”

His body shuddered and fur sprouted along his arms and head as he took a half shift. His fur was brown with black spots and his head was a weird combination of feline and canine. He made that cackling, laughing sound and snarled at me. “You’re going to die today, shark.”

“What the heck are you?” I asked as I dodged his claws and punches.

“Hyena,” he answered with the weird laugh again.

“The heck is a hyena?” I demanded and punched him in the stomach.

He let out an “oof” from my punch and drew a dagger. “Just let us kill you so we can earn our money.”

“Pass,” I said, spun behind him, and bit into his neck, killing him.

I let his body fall to the floor and turned to see that the others had defeated their opponents as well.

“Are you injured?” Jong-min asked.

“No, you?” I asked.

They all shook their heads.

“I’ll call security,” Jong-hyun said and walked to the nightstand where the phone was.

“Well, I guess we can go out to eat now,” Grant said as he looked at the dead assassins. “They’re not going to come after Kass again.”

“Let me brush my teeth first,” I said as I tried not to throw up. “Hyena tastes really weird.”

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