Mercer's POV
Nova wasn't paying attention to me anymore. She was always stuck with that stupid cousin.
Flashes of the assassin calling me was annoying. I wondered what she thought. Nova was easy to deceive but Jordan. He was going to be a problem and I had to lose him quickly.
I paced around, racking my mind on ideas to help me out but none worked. Then the door opened. I stopped, tilted my head to the direction the food steps walked in. Juliana poked her head before her body could show, looking scared.
"It's me," she said and I gestured to her with a slight move of my head to close the door. She did and hurried back to me. "I did as you said. Everyone hates me."
"You were foolish. I said to make it harder for her not to ruin the food with salt. Is that the best you could come up wi
