Page 90 of Carry Your Debt

“Hello to you too, blondie,” he laughs roughly and my jaw flexes in irritation.

I’m already fighting nausea and a looming migraine. The last thing I need is to be standing here in a verbal joust with a flirty hitman while my body is forced to purge and my stomach moves through each of the 42 Knots.

To say I wason edgewould be an understatement.

“Why are you here?” I ask again, more firmly. “The North is forbidden from interfering. I know you know this.”

“Not here to cause trouble,” he winks. “Maybe I just missed your pretty face, you consider that?”

Jesus Christ.

I drag a hand down my face and then immediately wince. I probably already look like a raccoon with all the sweating I’m doing.

“Rafe, your lungs don’t fill themselves without causing trouble,” I groan. “Seriously, no one needs you or your brother stirring shit up around here when we’re already living in the middle of Ace-controlled territory.”

He pushes up off the doorframe, straightening to his full height. Then he drags that unnerving gaze down the length of my body.

“Heard there was an opening in the Art department—and well, y’know how good I am with my hands,” he rasps.

I didn’t think my muscles could feel any stiffer, but they do. They turn to stone.

There are definitely no staff openings, Art department or otherwise.

Unless he made an opening.

But did Midas send him or is he just here to play his own games? Unfortunately, knowing him—and his brother—both scenarios are just as likely.

I just need to find out if he’s here for work…orugh—pleasure.

“Convenient,” I hedge, shifting on my feet.

“Very,” he smirks as he watches me pull out my phone before tossing me a two-finger salute. “Say hi to Jaxy for me, won’t ya? He sounds like he might be just as good with his hands.”

And then he kicks off the door’s frame, disappearing back into the faculty lounge with the sinful swagger of an Underworld celebrity.

God fucking damnit.

He’s been watching my dorm?

Me

Heads up, there’s a Golden Boy in the Rox henhouse

Me

Might want to check if the Herald’s announced any new contracts

Zeus

I’ll look into it.

Me

Still no Foster?

Zeus

Negative.

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