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Chapter 26 She Puts the Flirty Felix in His Place
La’s brows drew tight.
This guy never cracked a joke that didn’t reek of blood and gore.
Rhys couldn’t be bothered to engage with him.
Trading words with the guy was nothing but picking a pointless fight with himself.
“That’s all I’m asking for. Nothing else p>
Lyra nodded and slid the service shutter shut.
She turned to leave, scribbling Rhys‘ request for a room transfer down in her logbook as she walked p>
No telling if the administration would even approve it.
“Lyraaaa.
“Lyraaaaa p>
She hadn’t even reached Cell 120 when Felix’s drawling, haunting call drifted out ahead of her.
Her pen froze mid–stroke.
“Ugh–damn it p>
Rhys roared a frustrated curse from the adjacent cell.
Felix’s giddy voice hovered right outside the shutter, paired with soft, steady tap–tap–taps against the metal.
It sounded like something hard pecking the surface over and over.
Lyra glanced toward Cell 120’s service slot.
She could already picture Felix loitering behind it with that weird, lopsided grin of his, waiting for her arrival.
The vibe was identical to a dog scratching and whimpering outside a bathroom door while its owner was inside.
She heaved a quiet sigh and slid the shutter open.
Felix’s face popped into view alongside the tiny black head of his raven–that was the source of the tapping
noise.
“Lyra, you took forever. I waited so long my heart feels like it’s melted into a puddle of raw flesh p>
Felix stared at her, eyes wide and smitten, pouring out sickeningly sappy lines.
Lyra’s expression stayed completely blank.
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The raven tilted its head to study her before creeping forward little by little.
en though Lyra barely tolerated its owner, she reached out and stroked the bird’s head gently.
“Ohhhh p>
Before the raven could make a single sound, Felix tilted his head and moaned dreamily, looking utterly blissful, as if Lyra had been caressing him instead of the bird.
A wave of revulsion washed over Lyra; she pulled her hand away and turned to grab Cell 120’s clothes off
her cart.
As her back turned, the raven twisted its neck, its pitch–black eyes glowering at the unapologetically flirtatious Felix.
It snapped its head forward fast, ready to jab his skin with its sharp beak out of irritation.
Felix dodged at the last second, clapping a hand over his mouth to snicker at the raven’s furious display.
Lyra set her jaw and passed the folded clothes through the slot.
Felix took them with a cheeky grin, then pressed the fabric to his face and inhaled deeply, utterly besotted.
“Mmm–your scent, Lyra. Just breathing it in’s making me dizzy with bliss p>
Even the calmest person had a breaking point.
Lyra had endured enough; she pulled out her stun gun and fired a shock straight at him to teach him a lesson.
“Finally some peace p>
Rhys breathed a deep, relieved sigh from the next cell over, radiating pure satisfaction like a weight of vengeance had lifted off his shoulders.
“AH! AH! AH p>
The raven watched the chaos without a hint of concern, letting out short, raspy caws that sounded like mocking laughter as it stared at Felix, convulsing violently from the electric jolt.
Serves him right for running his mouth nonstop.
Lyra held the trigger until every strand of Felix’s hair stood straight on end, then finally lowered the stun
gun.
“…Urgh p>
His violent spasms softened, but residual electricity still coursed through his body, making him twitch every few seconds.
He stared at her blankly, and a faint, satisfied smile tugged at Lyra’s lips.
She tapped her logbook casually, wordlessly telling him to spit out any other requests he had.
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“…Urgh p>
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ching the emotion in her eyes, Felix shuddered all over again like a cold chill had shot through him just ase opened his mouth to speak.
Lyra ducked her head to hide the laughter she could barely hold back.
“I–nggh–this hurts… Lyra, how could you do this to me p>
Felix planted both palms flat on the window ledge, twitching intermittently as he stared up at her in wounded accusation.
Lyra pressed her lips together hard to stay composed.
When she lifted her head again, her face was stern and unyielding; she tapped the logbook once more to signal him to get to the point.
The raven nudged its head against her forearm, as if comforting her not to stay mad at the man.
Felix frowned, putting on a pathetic, heartbroken look.
“My poor heart… It hurts p>
Lyra kept her features rigid, no trace of sympathy on her face.
Seeing that he still refused to take anything seriously, she snapped her logbook shut and turned to leave.
“Wait p>
Felix shot a hand out through the slot. “I’ve got something to ask p>
The worst of the stun’s effects seemed to wear off; his twitching stopped, though his speech dragged slowly.
Lyra spun back around, waiting for him to continue.
Felix’s previous dazed, pained expression melted away into a wide, cheeky grin directed straight at her.
“I want to apply to go out p>
Lyra shot him an unamused glare and bent to jot the request down in her log.
That single sharp glance sent a tingly, electric warmth rippling through Felix’s body all over again.
He pressed a hand to his chest. “Lyra’s p>
SLAM!
Lyra knew nothing but garbage would pour out of his mouth next. Without hesitation, she slammed the metal service shutter shut hard, cutting his sentence clean off mid–word.
Felix stood frozen for a beat, stung by the abrupt rejection.
He leaned his face against the closed shutter and called out in a whiny, clingy drawl.
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“Lyra!
ra, wait! ”
Lyra paid no mind to his pathetic wailing and walked away.
The raven, annoyed by his endless shouting, kept nipping at Felix’s nose with its beak to quiet him.
Rhys, who’d hoped to get a moment of quiet, slammed his fist hard against the cell wall in rage.
Someday I’m gonna smash straight through this wall, rip that lunatic’s tongue out, and strangle him with it.
Lyra climbed the stairs to the second floor.
The second she reached Cell 201’s shutter, she stepped backward, one hand already hovering over her stan gun, ready to fire.
Oddly enough, the cell’s usual greeter was nowhere to be seen today.
Normally, the hyena belonging to Rook would shove its head out the second the slot opened, glowering at her with vicious, hostile eyes.
Lyra frowned in confusion, yet followed standard protocol anyway. She neatly folded Rook’s clothes onto her serving tray and pushed it through the slot.
A low, unfriendly growl rumbled out from deep inside the cell after a long pause.
Rook didn’t reach for the clothes, nor did he hurl them back out while screaming insults like he always did.
Curious, Lyra slowly bent forward to peek into the room.
The entire cell was trashed beyond belief, cluttered with broken furniture and scattered debris everywhere.
It was far messier than Cedric’s cell, where he kept multiple large dogs.
No surprise, really.
Rook’s capacity for destruction rivaled five unhinged beagle dogs combined.
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