: Playing the Long Game

There was a puased.

"Two months of being the underdog. Two months of building back everything I lost." He tossed the token in the air, caught it effortlessly. "And when I got it back? I doubled it."

Ava arched a brow. "Alone?"

Lucas laughed. "No. I had help."

He leaned forward slightly. "My butler."

Ava blinked. "William Zhou?"

Lucas grinned. "By some type of luck he was Shifter. Got a studio on the floor. He kept Level One within my reach."

Ava frowned. "Bunkers doesn't just let exiles back in."

Lucas smirked. "That's where Zhao comes in."

Ava froze.