Chapter Six
This was not the night Erik had wanted nor expected as he sipped a beer on his couch. Jia paced in front of him, her gestures animated and her voice loud as she related her meeting with Jared the hour before. Erik had known something was off when she’d called him and asked to talk right away but refused to speak about it anywhere but face-to-face. He could tell from her voice things were serious.
“s**t never ends here, does it?” Erik commented after Jia finished. “It’s like…what’s the dragon monster thing where you cut the head off and more come back?” He frowned. “Alina would know.”
“A hydra.” Jia stopped her furious pacing to settle into Erik’s recliner. “But this isn’t a hydra. This is just cockroaches moving into uncontested territory. There’s too much food and filth in
