Bolt: Bolt Saga: Volume One by Angel Payne

Author:Angel Payne
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947222526
Publisher: Waterhouse Press

Chapter Five

Emma

“The dude’s getting laid.”

“Has to be.”

“Regularly.”

“Definitely.”

“Legit.”

I stop where I’m at, in the doorway of the Brocade’s break room, interrupting myself from my badass humming of “Believer”—I’m positive I’m going to make a billion dollars once Imagine Dragons hears this and demands I go on tour with them—to pay more attention to Wade and Fershan’s back-and-forth.

“I mean, come on.” Wade stabs chopsticks into his ramen and twirls the noodles in emphasis. “The Hagakure ramen bar today and Sandwich Heaven last Friday? Fresh flowers on all the tables in here?”

Fershan cocks a brow. “Flowers are what you notice? We both got instant cash bonuses for positive guest satisfaction.”

“Which were whose idea to begin with?” I use the line while sliding between them to grab an edamame pod from the bowl they’re sharing.

Fershan chuckles. “I officially bow to the queen of good ideas.”

“Bows not necessary.” I swipe a few more of the pods. “Just more of these, please.” I moan while sucking out another of the tender green beans from their warm casing. “Damn. So good.”

“Fine,” Wade says. “Props to Em for the bonuses. But the rest of these bennies?” He swirls an empty chopstick in the air before stabbing it toward the hotel’s main tower. “I’m sticking to my theory. Methinks, my friends, the weird one in yon gilded tower has been dipping his golden wick with blissful frequency.”

“Ew.” It’s a fast way to disguise my furious blush, which I hide further by turning for the ramen bar. Though I could make a meal out of the edamame alone, I force myself to mull over the sauce choices while regaining my composure. Reece’s little “gifts” for the team, sprinkled with care throughout the last two weeks, have meant more to me than jewelry, candy, or stuffed animals. As for the flowers? He’s made sure they’re part of my world every day—even here in the basement break room.

My hero. Sweeping me off my feet…in all the ways that matter.

“Forsooth.” Fershan snickers while adding on to his friend’s theory. “Methinks I doth agree with you. Our prince must be wooing a lady fair and extending his happiness to his people.”

Wade groans. “Wooing? What the hell is that, man? Wooing?”

I toss a scowl over my shoulder. “A lot better than ‘dipping his golden wick,’ that’s what.”

“Whoa.”

“Wade, the man’s ‘wick’ is none of our—”

“No. I mean whoa.”

The stab of shock in Wade’s voice is a compulsion, causing me to pivot around as he snatches the remote to the break room’s TV. As he scrolls the volume up, a heart-halting image consumes the screen. A muscled figure in black leather is leaping through the air like rockets are powering him.

Holy wow.

“Our dude’s up and at it again,” Wade exclaims. “Literally.”

Fershan rises, dropping his chopsticks in favor of hoisting a hearty geek fist. “Oh, snap it up!” His eyes go wide. “Wait. Is that the power plant out at El Segundo?”

“Duh.” Wade snorts.

“By the gods. What is he doing there?”

“Kicking ass, power-pulsing dickheads, and saving the city.” Wade’s tone implies the second duh.

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