Page 44 of Shadow Warrior
Shit. “We have to follow them.” I clambered down the steps.
“Justice, wait!” Larkin called down to me. “Stop.”
I paused. “What? They’re getting away.”
Larkin and Kash exchanged a look I couldn’t fathom.
“What is it? Why are you looking at each other like that?”
It was Kash that answered. “Justice, what we just saw was a main plotline for this season. The suckers come to town, and Trinity and her gang deal with the problem, except… Now they have a new member. Payne.”
If he was saying what I thought he was saying, he could piss off. “No. I don’t care.”
“I’m sorry,” Larkin said. “It’s too risky to approach Payne while he’s part of the main plot.”
My mind was whirring. “Fine, then we wrap up the plot so they can move on to something else. Trinity and her Academy misfits will be relegated to the background, and another set of characters will become the focus of the show.”
Larkin studied me warily. “Justice …”
No, I wasn’t going to walk away. Not now. Not when I’d gotten this far. “We give the plot a push. We find the nest for them, so they can finish off the suckers.”
Kash locked gazes with me. “I’m in.”
Larkin ran a hand over his face. “Oh, boy.”
