I was thinking in my mind. You? Return two Blue Knights? Please. You couldn't even afford to give one back.

He was three years younger than Zachary, had only graduated a year ago—he wasn't even close to being a real threat.

That's why I believed most of what he said. He didn't have the life experience to fake it well.

"So?" Thierry asked. "You in?"

I ran through everything he'd done since the first time he showed up, and decided—nope, ...