Gideon
“It was great,” I told Riva honestly. “You have to admit you enjoyed it just a little.”
The retirement party was everything I needed – the normalcy we should have had. It would have been great to live that kind of life, with no dangerous enemies. Regular people might have some daddy issues, but not to the point that their own fathers would try to kill them.
“I guess,” she said grudgingly, but her face broke into a grin.
We were on the elevator, still somehow giddy at having survived a human party. It wasn’t perfect, of course. Finding out about Riva’s new boss was a shock. They planned to keep her close – or worse.
“Quit your job,” I half-whispered.
“Well, speak aloud, Gideon!” Cato complained.
“W-why would I do that? Because some wolf will become my boss?” she asked, st
