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Love you to the moon and back,
Ax Rossey
P.S. Oh, yeah . . . and the clue is in your hands.
I couldn't help the silly girl grin on my face as I smiled down at the note. I’m fucking keeping these. These notes are adorable, but also for a little blackmail. I could see it now, Ax getting the upper hand in some argument, and I pulled out the, “Are you sure I didn't cheat? It's in my blood, right?!” I could picture it now, his face falling in defeat.
They probably thought I would throw them away since I’m not terribly sentimental about stuff, but, oh, yeah, baby, I’m keeping these.
Mumbling to myself, “Now, on to the clue . . . the note said in my hand . . .” I was still holding the clipboard, but how was that a clue? I looked around again, trying and failing to find anything else.
Pinching my lips, I began to inspect the clipboard. It looked fairly normal to me until I turned it around and saw the Syndicate logo etched into it. I knew where this came from, the Syndicate labs.
Stuffing the note into my back pocket, I ran out the room, stopped by Larry, and sniffed. No. He didn't pee his pants. Why was I kinda bummed about that?
I waved goodbye and told him we would be by for our regular time next week. He hesitated as he waved back, but then smiled and nodded. He knew it was better to be on our good side than bad.
I raced over to the storage units, went down into the underground lab, and was prepared to make a ruckus. That was what these lab coats hated the most.
I stomped my way through the main hallway made up of glass offices, trying to find one of the lab coats here and give them a chance to help me before I started to break things. I saw a short, thin fairy woman with bright red hair hurry her way over to me, eyes filled with determination and perseverance. He must’ve warned them about me. It was cute.
She stopped a few feet away from me, crossing her arms over her chest as she calmly said, “Miss Rayla, before you go on a rampage, Mr. Winstale told us to tell you what you are looking for is in his office.” She swung one arm over to the larger office at the end of the hallway, motioning for me to follow her.
Like I didn't know where my man fucking worked.My eye twitched before I took a deep breath and smiled as I nodded.
“So, what is it that you do here?” I tried in a calm voice, which she bristled at. I'm guessing she was prepared for a raging lunatic. I’ll be having some words with Falcon about that later,but I was more interested in the woman in front of me at the moment.
“Oh . . . well, I am head of the chemistry department. Anything that handles chemicals has to go through me for approval.” She gazed over at me, my whole attention solely on her as my eyes grew wide, and I whistled. She quickly looked away, but I saw the red on her cheeks.
We stopped in front of his office. She held out her hand to open the door, but I interrupted her as I turned to face her. “That's impressive, Miss . . .” I made a show of looking for her name badge, grabbing it to see her name, “Miss Yarisha. What a beautiful name, and so unique. Does it mean anything special?”
She blinked a few times, her eyes turning a purplish hue as she mumbled, “It means light of beauty in the old fae language.”
I tilted my head, taking a step closer to her to get in her space bubble as I cupped her face and tilted it up. “Mmm, yes. I can see how you give your name justice.” I could feel her pulse beat faster as she gulped, stumbling over her next words as her eyes were glued to mine.
“Um . . . I . . . I . . . meeean, I dddon’t kkknow . . . ”
I gave her my charming smile, one that showed off a bit of fang before I let her go and grabbed the handle to Falcon's office door. “Take the compliment, Yari. I'm sure we will be seeing more of each other. And keep up the good work. We want to make sure to keep smart women like you on the payroll.” She nodded andthanked me, scurrying off as her whole face turned red, and I chuckled.
The watch on my hand started to ring, the one that Falcon made for all of us so we could easily get a hold of each other. I tapped on the screen, and a blue light beamed out from it, showing me Falcon’s face. His pinched brows and deep frown made my insides giddy.
“Rayla. What do you think you're doing?” His sharp tone made a spiral of sparks light up inside of me.
Pretending to not know what he was talking about as I lifted up a notebook, flipping pages that obviously didn't have a clue in it, I made a show of looking though it before throwing it over my shoulder. “I don't know what you're talking about . . . can you clarify?”
Falcon's eyes narrowed, trying his hardest not to show his emotions, but I saw that vein pop in his neck. He was getting a little frustrated. “With Miss Vera. I'm talking about your interaction with Miss Vera.”
Pinching my whole face, pretending not to know the name as I turned over his chair, “Vera . . . Vera . . . .” His whole face darkened, and I felt like I needed to let up the act. “Oh! You mean my new friend Yari! Is that who you're talking about? She’s such a lovely and smart woman. I was just complimenting her.”
He huffed just as his face disappeared, and Ax’s angry face was shown. “Yeah right, Siren. We saw the whole thing, and that looked like a lot more than just a compliment!”
I sat down on Falcon's desk, about to come up with some other excuse, when I heard Cosmo’s voice cut in, “Ray.” Even with his face not on the screen, I could hear his don’t-fuck-with-us-anymore tone, and I rolled my eyes.
“Fine. I put it on a little thick.” I pinched my fingers together to say it really wasn't that much, and I heard Ax scoff, mouth open, ready to yell at me, when Falcon took back over. I saw a few files on his desk, raised my foot, and toed them over the edge. Papers scattered all over his office floor. Oops.
“Are you going to explain why?” His tone was much calmer, like he was okay now that he knew I wasn't serious about the damn women.
“You know, if you didnt cut off the bond, you would’ve saved yourself a lot of grief.” I tried to get around his question, but it was no use with the my mage. He didn't play easily into my games.
