Page 61 of Last Resort

“Very.”

“You are going to be okay?”

“I think so. Just flailing for a bit. The pointy ears don’t come with secret funds to keep me afloat. Right now, I am here and feeding off my savings.”

“I thought this kind of thing was paid, though.”

“It was, but I checked my accounts yesterday, and payroll didn’t land. That means that I am technically not a member of Sityr while I am out here. I am going to verify that I am the only one tonight, but then I am going to contact Tyr and ask when he fired me. From there, I guess I will head home. If I am not on a team, I am pretty sure that I don’t get all the freebies.”

Nerina frowned. “That isn’t right.”

“No, but as we both know, the world isn’t right. Nor is it fair.”

“Do your mates know?”

“I didn’t want to bother them with it.”

“Trust me. Bother them.”

“But I don’t know if it was just a payroll glitch.”

“Has it ever glitched before?”

“No.” She sighed and rubbed her forehead.

“Let them know. Talk to the other employees and then talk to the coordinators. You did everything they asked of you. They can’t take it back now.”

“Apparently, they can.”

Nerina turned her around and patted her on the butt. “Go. We are almost to the Wonder harbour.”

She walked back to where the guys were chatting with Kimo, got Myro’s attention, and whispered her situation in his ear. He jolted. “You are kidding.”

“No. I want to talk to the other Sityr members before I mention it to the coordinators.”

Myro hugged her and kissed the top of her head. Myro spoke in Elite to Breen, and her other mate looked like he wanted to punch a hole through the ship.

They made it to the café near the hotel and were there when the teams stumbled into the space. Poppy found Mickey, and through her, the team, she spoke with them for a few minutes and swallowed. Right. She was the only one who missed payroll.

She walked back to Myro and Breen. “I think we need to talk to Kekoa and Estrya and maybe Violet.”

They walked together up the hill past beaming folks who paused in puzzlement as they made a very serious path up to the royal house.

Fuck.

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