Page 252 of Romeo

Nav shook his head even though Zeus couldn’t see him. “Nothing worth talking about yet.”

I looked at him, and Nav’s eyes met mine. He knew exactly what was coming when the call ended.

Zeus sighed through the speaker. “I still have calls to make.”

“Montana and Reaper?” I asked.

“Yeah.”

“Tell Montana I said fuck you.”

“I’m not your fucking messenger.”

“Then tell Reaper.”

“Call him yourself.”

“I don’t want to talk to him.”

“Neither do I.”

Hades laughed. “This might be the healthiest relationship either of you has.”

“Fuck you, Hades,” Zeus and I said together.

The room erupted.

Even Mimic laughed, though it sounded more like a rough grunt.

Hades was still chuckling when Zeus growled, “I’m hanging up now.”

“Good talk,” I told him.

“Go fuck yourself, King.”

The line disconnected and I left my phone sitting in the middle of the table and slowly raised my eyes to Navigator.

Nav closed his laptop.

Smart man. “You knew.”

He leaned back in his chair. “Yeah.”

I stared at him. “Arizona Stone went after F.I.R.E., and I had to hear it from fucking Zeus?”

“Eros handled it,” Nav repeated.

“I heard that part. Why didn’t I hear it from you?”

Nav’s expression remained calm. “Because it was F.I.R.E. business.”

“You’re one of my fucking officers.”

“I’m aware.”

“Are you?” I asked, leaning forward. “Because I had to hear from Zeus that Montana’s brother came after your team, while you sit across from me pretending you knew nothing.”

“I wasn’t pretending anything.”