The pit of doom

[Mikhail]

Little shit! Dom's eyes narrowed. Prick was all innocent enough in how he spoke. Just like when he would talk to someone in interrogation. But Dom knew disrespect when he heard it. For him personally. He threw a side glance at Julian, especially when Jay got up all nonchalant to put on a shirt.

He hoped the guy tried something. Just a move. Something. Be easy enough to justify to Karim after the fact. Nothing too bad, you know? Just enough to teach him to keep his god damn mouth shut. To know his place.

No such luck. Even as he mentally prepared himself Karim called everyone's attention to him. Reluctantly he turned to listen with the others.

And then he couldn't help but feel a thrill of excitement at the thought. After months of ignoring them, Ascendancy visits twice now in such a short period of time? Yhis was his chance. He needed to think about this. Figure out a way to standout, get the man's attention. Finally get out of this fucking prison.

He became aware of Carpenter's presence behind him. Excitement turned to a feeling of dread which twisted into rage as another thought occurred to him. Can't be this soon! His eyes narrowed and he shot Julian a glance. Lewesky seemed to notice his look and Dom nodded slightly and then angled his eyes behind him to Carpenter. The man had to chafe down here too. The guy learned at a snail's pace. He'd be down here forever. That had to chap his ass too. Maybe they could talk if they had a chance.

Karim started to clean up as they were dismissed. And of course. Fucking Carpenter. Couldn't help but rub their noses in it. Dom wanted to smash his face with a wall of air.

Yeah. If the guy wasn't gone after the visit, he was gonna pay. Big time. Dom would make sure of it. He was done getting passed over.