Kylie grabbed Matthew’s arm tightly, her voice trembling as though he were her last hope.
“There’s a huge cockroach in my room! Please, you have to help me!”
Matthew blinked once, processing the words. Of all the things that could bring the powerful Kylie Kone banging on his door in the middle of the night…
“A… cockroach?” he asked calmly.
“Yes!” she exclaimed, eyes wide with genuine fear. “It’s enormous, and it’s hiding somewhere in there! I can’t go back until it’s gone!”
Matthew pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a quiet sigh. After facing down armed thugs earlier, curing deadly poison with a touch, and dropping five million on a legendary root, a cockroach was somehow the final challenge of the day.
“Fine,” he said simply.
Before he could say more, Kylie dragged him down
