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“No service,” Akara tells hi tabs on everyone” Thatcher Moretti He’s the SFO lead Banks’ identical twin brother is actually higher than Banks on the security hierarchy

Metal disks line the hallway, and they spin Akara 360-degrees when he steps foot on one He keeps complete and total balance

Like a badass

Banks trips “Jesus, Mary—”

Akara catches Banks’ wrist and pulls hi to stay on the same metal plate

I grip the side railings and useh

Akara cups his hand over his !”

“Hey, I’s here?”

“For people like Banks,” Akara quips, stepping easily on the next disk

Banks follows and laughs “She’s allergic to land, so she’d kno to avoid it I’”

“She’s not adisks

Banks looks a little ticked He even shoots Akara an annoyed glance

Akara frowns back like, What?

I look Banks over,a smile He came to my defense Feels like so myself How far-fetched is it that Banks could see me as more than a friend?

He’s never even made a move

I get that there are bodyguard rules Close but not too fucking close, but some of my cousins have decimated those rules

Maximoff

Jane

They deserve a round of applause for doing the fucking i it all work

We enter alike a maze And I tell Banks, “Don’t mind Kits He doesn’t believe in mermaids”

Banks cocks his head at Akara “You don’t believe in beautiful women im in the sea?”

“With a tail?” he asks incredulously “No, man That shit is for Disneybean”

Myhis arm if he were closer

He sht Way too tall Definitely a string bean”

I push a boxing bag aside, trying not to zero in on the “too tall” part I ae woman, but the rest of his words were bullshit I have a lot ofsix-pack that I worked hard for

Plus, I can lift over a hundred-fifty pounds