Paragon by Riley Tune

Author:Riley Tune [Tune, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-16T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

THE REMATCH

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s the room remained silent, Impervious lead the three of us to the only empty room in the great hall. Several people followed us, as they sipped drinks, ate food, or quickly whispered to each other. It felt off putting knowing they were all there for me. Or for us, I should say.

I saw Detach among them as I walked by, and Mr. Reid was among the crowd still, too. He took a bite out of a miniature burger that he held between his fingertips, and gave a slight wink to us. Even The Mechanic and, not surprisingly, several other Imperial Lords were there. Power Prince among them. Seems his television date was cut short.

It wasn’t just Icons of note, though. Several high- ranking officials, various teachers from the academy, and community leaders were among us. There were plenty of supergroups doing the same thing tonight I was sure, but none of them were The Imperial Lords, and none were led by the world's most popular hero. None were helmed by the man who ended The Battle of Ages.

I was already wealthy, but seeing all the well- paid people here to watch me take an oath, made me feel like I should have charged a fee. Especially with them gawking at me like they were now, as if I was on display. I wonder if Jen and Zeva were feeling the same way that I was right now.

Impervious walked into the room, and placed a small circular black dot on his throat. “Testing, testing,” he said as he spoke. To my surprise, his voice was not only heard through the room, but through the entire great hall itself. I saw The Mechanic give him a nod and a thumb’s up. This must have been another of his inventions.

I had the mixed urge to either punch him again or to apologize for hitting him. I knew apologizing was the best thing to do, but I felt like if I approached him, the punch would be delivered instead of an apology. So, I left it alone, and tried to avoid him.

When the three of us finally made it into the room, Jen went in first. Zeva stood at the door talking to Flex who was holding both of her shoulders and talking quickly, all while shaking his head. It looked like he was a coach telling his star player how to win the game for them. Zeva shook her head, loosened her shoulders some and then walked into the room occupied by Mr. Impervious, and Jen.

All that was left was me. Flex turned and looked at me. I still disliked the asshole, but I was trying to keep Mr. Reid’s and Detach’s advice in my head. So instead of making eye contact with Flex, or using a variety of insults for him inside my head, I just casually tried to walk by him. “Excuse me,” I said as I turned some to slide by.

He didn’t move. “You sure you want to do this?” I didn’t say anything, because I had no idea what he was talking about.

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