Chapter 14
Sean wasn’t leaving. Dane kept his back to Sean but the professor wasn’t getting the hell out of the Lair. He gritted his teeth, adjusted the silver-coated machete on his wall. The professor was getting to be a pain in his ass, and worse, one he liked. Dane had never thought about having a sidekick before—he worked alone—but now Sean had forced the issue, Dane had liked having him around.
But nothing good could come of this. Sean would get himself killed at worst, his heart broken and mind wiped at best. Dane knew enough about how things worked to know at this point, it wouldn’t matter if he never said a damn thing to the Order. They’d catch wind of Sean eventually, and unless he had the smarts to ask to join, they’d go after his mind anyway.
“You can’t kick me out yet,” said
