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Axle ht be a stone on the outside, but he obviously has a heart so chest of his

Right?

CHAPTER 4

AXLE

She’s staring right at ain like it’s my fault he has to deal with this

“What’s going on?” Sarah asks

I really wish she wasn’t over here right now

“You can’t stay here,” Drex tells Maya, ignoring Sarah’s question and juht to the point

The last thing we need is so e have breathing down our necks with the Hell Breathers

“I can’t leave Halo and I can’t go home,” she tells him firmly

“Notproblem,” Drex tells her, bored “Get the hell out of uys inspect the new merchandise”

“Seriously, I ht die—”

“Seriously, I give zero fucks,” Drex interrupts, cold as ice as he steps closer to her

I should have just kicked her outo She’s not backing down She even narrows her eyes in challenge

“I want to talk business,” she goes on

Drex snorts derisively, and I smirk

“We’re not selling cupcakes Understand? You’re o”

My amusement dies when she looks at me like she’s disappointed I’ht We’re not working a job, so I’ if she stayed up there

Then I reo to hat she could face is worse than death She’s a little too sweet for the bloodshed in store

“I have money I can pay for protection”

Drex’s eyes light up with hurins “We don’t need money We probably have more of it than you Go Now Before I lose my temper Trust me, you don’t want to see that”

“I’ll take her ho between them almost protectively

Drex laughs to himself as he walks away, and I leave Sarah behind with Maya No one will irl and he’d kill anyone if they did Besides, she’s part of our crew

“So the guy was a junkie?” Drex asks irl