TOB 54

TOB 54

ETHAN'S POV

After a twenty-minute drive, I noticed a black van trailing me. Instead of heading to the rooftop where I was supposed to meet Fire, I stopped the car at the back of an abandoned warehouse.

Wires and industrial waste were scattered all over the site, giving the place an apocalyptic feel.

Pretending this was my final destination, I leaned against the car and retrieved my phone.

**Ethan:** I have company.

Fire's reply came almost instantly.

**Fire:** How could you let them follow you? What are you, an amateur?

**Ethan:** I didn’t let them. I stopped, didn’t I?

**Fire:** After they followed? Amateur.

**Ethan:** Piss off.

**Fire:** All the better. I can't be away from the dull club for too long. Let's reschedule.

I was about to hide my phone when it lit up with another text from him.

**Flame:** Don't taint my name by telling anyone I trained you, Amateur.

That f-cker.

Though it was strange—I should have noticed it initially, but some of my inhibitions were muted. Slip