A Deceptive Calm

"I'm warning you right now. I can see exactly what you're doing, and you'd better back off. Just because I'm letting this go doesn't mean you can keep playing me for a fool."

Horace's expression fell apart completely.

He wanted to push back, but Jaxon's face made any further argument pointless.

His plan had failed. He gritted his teeth and spat out, "Fine. Just so you know, I don't need you to get