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Nerthus

“How did you find me?”

I shrug, scanning the room as we sit in a booth at a bar of the casino. “I’m dating the King, remember?”

“I heard the King has long lost the castle as he was exiled,” he scoffs, taking a sip of the amber liquid of the new drink he got himself.

Leaning in, I scrunch up my face. “Well, he is back. And we need your help. How much to save a King’s ass?”

“Why me?” he asks, gulping.

I shrug again, holding his gaze. “You mean business. You are loyal to your highest bidder. No morals, no games. We are ready to pay you any sum to get you onto our side. Also, we go a long way back, don’t we, Mikey?”

“Yeah… What tells you that I would take a higher pay from your adversary to betray you?” He scrunches up his face, obviously not liking the pet name.

I smile, leaning back. “Like I said. You mean business. And you wouldn’t be that stupid to throw away a nice challenge for a bit of money. Also, as I said, we will double any offer.”

“I don’t know,” he says, pin