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“Awesoe says His expression says he’s excited at the prospect of e of hesitation in his voice as if he’s not sure it was a good idea to invite me

I’h, and I assure him, “This will be fun Nice, easy, and relaxed No pressure, right?”

“Right,” he agrees, holding his glass up I do the saas”CHAPTER 12CageI caught a red-eye back from San Francisco Because I can sleep well on planes, I’h I head straight to Jameson because it’s a workday, but also because my apartment is there and I want a shower

It’s quiet when I enter the second floor froht elevator The first floor is unfinished,its abandoned appearance should anyone be successful enough to break into our building The outside looks abandoned, too, with crusted, dirty s and graffiti along the concrete wall that borders the underground garage

I love the secrecy of this place, ugly on the outside only to find plush opulence coupled with high-speed tech the h four That doesn’t even account for the research and development areas that are below the baseht out of Shuri’s lab in Black Panther

I head over to Kynan’s office, doing nothing oing to take a quick shower He waves me off Rather than take the elevator up, I bound up the floating staircase to the fourth floor that houses the apartments and communal area

Joslyn, Kynan’s wife, is in the large kitchen So in the oven smells heavenly

“Hey, Cage,” she says with a grin as sheelse in a bowl “Welcome back”

I crane ?”

“Chocolate cake for Jackson’s birthday,” she replies

“Is it today?” I ask, wondering if I’et him a present or a card at least He’s a friend—a coworker I have a lot, though, and I haven’t done it before

But things have been different since h headquarters Things are also different since we rescued Malik from his captors

I think the bonds are a bit tighter