Page 29 of Knox

“Wanna bet?” Leo asks, his eyes locking right behind me.

Then, a sudden, icy dread trickles down my spine…

It’s kinda like when a gazelle is drinking water, and then it goes all—Oh, fuck! The lion is behind me!

Yep…

Just like that.

“Fuck… he’s behind me, right?”

Leo nods, trying not to laugh.

“How angry does he look?” I whisper.

“It was great knowing you, Cil,” Leo murmurs, raising his coffee for a final toast.

Shit…

I brace myself and turn around in the booth.

Knox is standing there… and he looks angry as fuck.

His jaw is clenched so tight that a muscle is twitching in his cheek, and his green eyes are burning with hate.

Ah!

He’s so hot.

I can’t stand him, but seeing that stoic, unreadable man completely lose his composure gives me an intoxicating rush of excitement and achievement.

I did that.

I broke his stupid control.

And it feels great.

“Hi!” I cheer, smiling as I wave. “What a coincidence seeing you here.”

Knox’s scowl deepens as he walks closer to the table.

“Knox, this creature with no filter is my best friend, Leo,” I say, gesturing to the starstruck traitor sitting next to me. “He has full immunity, diamond pass, social access, Alpha-Bravo, or whatever it is you security people call it.”

But Knox doesn’t look at Leo.

His burning gaze stays locked on my face.

“I get paid to keep the blood inside the client, Cillian. Not to babysit a spoiled, fucking brat,” he hisses, his voice so deep and raspy that it makes the hairs on my arms stand up. “I get it; you don’t want this. Frankly, I don’t want this either. But whether your entitled ass likes it or not, your life is in danger, and you need to start taking this seriously.”

“Ugh, you are so incredibly boring.” I roll my eyes. “And how did you find me anyway?”

“I followed your phone signal.”

“That’s impossible. This is a Sirin Labs Finney phone. It runs on a completely decentralized, encrypted network. It’s impossible to track.”

Knox leans down slightly, his body getting closer to mine. “Nothing is secure from Alexios.”

Leo gasps. “Alexios?! Do you have a picture of him? Because he is never in any of your public presentations, and I heard he is easily one of the hottest—”