Chapter 5

Nova's POV

"Let's go to your place," Cairos said as we stood in the shadows of the restaurant's entrance.

I didn't even have to think about it. "Fuck no."

I wasn't about to show a rival assassin—the man literally hired to kill me—where I slept. Beyond the obvious risk of him slitting my throat in my sleep, I wasn't going to lead whoever sent that hit squad straight to my front door. That was the height of stupidity. I crossed my arms and looked him up and down. "What about your house then?" I asked sarcastically.

"I don't have a…