Chapter 658

“So let me get this straight—you hire me, I save your life, and now you still owe me money that may or may not ever get paid back depending on whether you live long enough?”

Karl finally had it figured out. “I can sit on the contract fee, but your medical bill isn’t cheap. I don’t even know what kind of poison you managed to get hit with. Vik had to flush your blood, recalibrate half your implants, even replace a vascular line with the best bioplastic on the market. That costs eddies. So—how much do you actually have on you right now?”

Reed’s expression grew more and more awkward, his already dark face turning darker still. The FIA’s ace operative glanced at his account balance, and when he finally answered his voice dropped to almost a whisper.