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He has to see the rage dripping off me but looks like he doesn’t care a whole lot. With effort, I unclench my jaw to ask, “What the hell took you so long? You told me to be here by ten and ten is long gone. We’re late.”
“Oh, for the assassin? No, you’re good. I have the answer about whether or not he’ll work with you right here,” he says as he flips open the folder the annoying man gave him. There’s a sticky note right inside that says: Fuck nah.
Harker closes it and looks up at me. “Wow… you sure failed that meeting.”
I stare at him for a long moment as what is happening slowly, ever so slowly sinks into my mind.
“That guy… the assassin sentthatguy to decide?” I growl. “He literally sent the most irritating, annoying humanon earthto decide?”
Harker’s eyebrows knit. “No, that’stheguy, Kade! I didn’t think you’d fuck it up this badly. What’d you say to him? Len’s a little picky, but he clearly didn’t like youat all.Usually, he gives people a second chance if he’s a bit uncertain, but you getnochances, my friend.”
I grab Harker by the collar and give him a good shake, really hoping I can knock some sense into him. “You are telling me thattheguyI need to keep fromdyingis that nerdy man I was about to off outside your office?”
“You were going tooffhim? Like… get him off?” He’s scrutinizing me now, even throws in a hand motion of getting someone off. “Did you lay a hand on him? Is that why he was so offended? I mean you’re handsome, Kade, but that’s a bit forward, isn’t it?”
“Kill, Harker. Murder. I was going to murder him.”
Harker’s eyebrow is shooting toward the sky. “You were going to murderan assassin. Do you hear yourself? You literally have the worst temper. And an extremely big ego if you think you can kill an actualassassin.”
I stare at the man, positive this is a huge joke. So positive that I start laughing as I smack his shoulder. “You’re hilarious. Good one. Good one. Very funny. Loved it. Five stars. Now fuck off and when you actually have someone worth a damn to help me, let me know. Remember, if I die, you get a pay cut.”
Harker sighs before nodding. “I remember. But Kade… it wasn’t… a joke.”
I ignore him as I leave his office.
* * *
LEN
“Helloooo,” I say as I answer a phone call while wandering down the many stairs to the first floor. Elevators really aren’t my… thing.
“So… I take it your meeting with Kade didn’t go overly well,” Harker says.
“The guy’s never once thought about which Pokémon he’d eat, Harker! Everyone knows it’s Oddish!”
“I’m pretty sure not everyone knows that, Len. So you’re really not going to help him?”
“Uh, that would be correct,” I say as I finally reach the bottom floor and push through the door into the lobby.
“You literally decided this based on the fact that he wouldn’t eat one of your… whatever they are?” Harker asks.
“Correct,” I lie. “Very correct.”
I won’t tell Harker the real reason because he simply doesn’t need to know someone’s kryptonite.
“Will you do me a favor and think about it again?” he asks.
“Hmm…” I say as I step outside. “I have to go.”
I hang up as I glance over to the left where I see the glint of something up on the rooftop of a building diagonal to me. My eyes slide right over to the black car waiting along the side of the road. Slowly, I walk over to it and glance at the small hole in the window, little cracks forming around it.
The man inside is slumped against the steering wheel with a hole in the side of his head.
Interesting.
A warning, perhaps? A warning to Kade about what’s to come if he doesn’t play by Norn’s rules. Really, he sure found a good one to piss off, didn’t he?
“What the fuck are you…” Kade freezes about halfway across the street. He didn’t notice anything was wrong until I turned my body away from the car, revealing the window.
