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Kuaket
DeLux Café was as packedas ever for speed dating, but the atmosphere felt different to me, probably because for the first time ever, I wasn’t here to meet someone.
Or more accurately, Iwashere to meet someone. Several people, actually. Though bringing down the Sons of Seth by walking right in the front door was a different kind of fun than I was normally looking for.
I scanned the room, hoping to find Abrax already here, but he didn’t seem to be. I caught Seth’s gaze, but quickly looked away. We were supposed to be acting like we had nothing to do with one another just in case there were spies here trying to make sure Abrax was doing what he was supposed to. The last thing we wanted was for them to figure out what we were up to.
Though I supposed there was very little chance that they knew Abrax had told me about the situation, unless they’d bugged my apartment. But if that was the case, then we were in big trouble anyway.
I made my way over to the sign-in desk, feeling more nervous than normal even as I went through the familiar motions. Between that, and avoiding the bar, I was hoping no one managed to figure out that I was acting suspiciously.
The bell signalling the start of speed dating rang out and I headed over to take my seat, nerves fluttering through me. I barely even registered the first few people I talked to until I sat down opposite a very uncomfortable-looking Seth.
“Finally,” he muttered.
“Not having fun?” I asked.
“You know I’m not. People are going to start talking about whether Menhit and I are having issues.”
“Nah, they’re more likely to think you’re looking for a third or something,” I responded.
“That’s not helpful, Kua.”
“Well this is the only way we could think of doing this without drawing a lot of attention,” I pointed out. “So what have you got for me?”
“Here.” He handed me a small pouch ofsomething.
I took it from him and slipped it into my bra without looking at it so I didn’t draw any more attention to it than necessary. “What am I doing with it?”
“You just have to get it to the core and sprinkle it on. That should do the trick.”
I frowned as I tried to work out exactly what he’d given me. “That’s it?”
“I didn’t think you’d want to do a whole ceremony while inside an enemy building,” he pointed out.
“Fair enough.” I took a deep breath. “Will it work?”
His expression told me everything.
“Right, so do it, hope for the best, and get out of there as quickly as possible once I’m done,” I said.
“Even if we knew for sure it would work, that would be for the best,” he reminded me. “So yes. Get in, do what you have to, get out.”
“Got it.” Despite questioning whether it should be as easy as that, I was glad it was. I didn’t lack confidence, but I didn’t want to linger in the Sons of Seth building for any longer than I had to.
The signal for the end of our turn came and I rose to my feet to move on to my next mini-date.
“Good luck, Kua.”
“Thanks.” I waved to him and moved on to the next date, trying not to fidget and do my best to make small talk.
I checked the clock to see how long it was until the end of the session, relieved to see that I only had to get through two more dates.
I sat down opposite my next date.
“Hello, Kua.”
“Abrax.” I couldn’t help the relief in my voice. I looked around to make sure no one was paying us any attention and leaned in. “What are you doing here?”
