You were testing your luck. You knew you were.

The way Ghost’s eyes pierced through me and tracked my every move— it was impossible to sit still.

He had ignored me. Made me feel like nothing. So I leaned into the conversation that I was having with his soldier.

I didn’t hear him move, but I felt it. “Ayala, you’re dismissed.” His eyes never left me. Once we were alone, his hand gripped my jaw. “Y’ wanted my attention, now ye have it. You belong to me.”