My Predator System Vol.2

Chapter 24

Maks fumed. "What? I wasn't proactive to call up a date?"

"Please, we both know Dr Brendan made you ask me out." Harley said looking for her sunscreen.

"I knew you had powers from the very first day we met."

Harley's eyes rounded. "You what?"

"I have a power reader, remember?" He said.

"You knew who I was all along didn't you. That almost kiss we had." She pushed him away.

He smirked. "Oh, you think I'd kiss a stranger behind a mask."

"You knew who I was!?"

"I didn't think it was important." He said drily.

She nodded. It made so much sense why he chose her. Who would want a fragile girlfriend without superpowers. But it still made no sense why he still had his protective instincts.

"So I'm just...an asset."

"No, that's not what I meant."

"Stop." He said.

She stepped back into a portal. "Get your hand off me."

He winced when the portal closed.

Maks banged his head against the wall. He hung his backpack and glanced at the empty space on his bed.

He forced a smile when Meg arrived in cas