Chapter 45: Leanna Seywell

"Smack! Smack! Smack!" A rapid string of slaps cracked through the air. Archie Cutmore struck Leif Showyer more than a dozen times, until Leif's lips split and his face swelled into a grotesque, piggish mask. Only then did Archie stop. "Those were for my Soarise Pavilion people," Archie said evenly. "Try it again, and you won't be paying with a few slaps." His tone stayed calm, yet the chill threaded through his words made Leif's whole body jerk, as if he had been dumped into ice water. Leif...