Chapter 42: Let’s Go Ruin Someone’s Day
Noah walked through the quiet halls of the dorm building, his satchel slung over one shoulder and his thoughts a storm of calculations and possibilities.
What he’d seen and overheard in the library played again and again in his mind.
Leo Hargreaves, scheming. Galahad, blackmailed. An illegal trip into an E-rank monolith on the seventh day.
He reached his door, unlocked it, and pushed it open.
Arlo was already there, lounging on Noah’s bed with a book resting on his chest like he owned the place. He looked up from the pages, his blindfold as pristine as ever.
"Welcome back." Arlo said with a lazy grin. "Still got two hours before our glorious expedition into the wild skies to murder helpless birds. You ready?"
Noah dropped his satchel onto the table with a tired grunt. He didn’t even bother asking how Arlo had gotten in. Between him and his cousin, Juniper, personal boundaries apparently didn’t exist.
Instead, Noah turned and leaned on the desk. "Arlo," he said, "would you want to clear a monolith with me?"
Arlo immediately sat up straight. "What rank?"
"E."
"Who else is going?"
Noah crossed his arms. "Leo Hargreaves. Two of his lackeys. And Galahad."