Queen slammed a fist on the table. “You cheated me out of a real challenge of blades. I want a rematch. No bullshit this time.”
She turned to her manager and growled. “And you! You said the teams that got managers early were limited, but you never said there was a real blade fighter. I feel scammed.”
Matt couldn’t help but smile. Her being upset that he had sandbagged in their first fight was not what he had been expecting. Not at all.
It was so odd and honest he could only admire it. Though now that he thought about their first interaction in the Masquerade lounge, where she ignored them when she found out they weren’t blade wielders, it did make sense.
Queen turned to Liz, and with hope shining in her eyes, she asked, “You don’t happen to be a secret blade user?”
When Liz laughingly
