“Can you put that thing somewhere else?” Viper asked gruffly as he followed Tina and Pearl into the other room. “Even with the regen, I swear I still have salt in my buttocks.”
“My back, ass, and legs were covered in bruises,” Bahadur commented as he walked into the room and glanced around with a frown. “Where is the other female?”
Tina turned and walked across the bar. She briefly paused by the trash can to toss the flowers he had given her into it. A scowl darkened his face at her disregard for his gift. He paused long enough to push the lid back as it started to close and retrieve the crumbled bunch of wilted flowers.
He ignored Bahadur’s chuckle and Pearl’s snort as they watched him. Following Tina, he waited until she sank down at the table where she and Pearl had been working. He
