Then she tossed the coat aside and hugged Su Xiao from behind.
She refused to let go.
Standing at the bar entrance, V saw this and felt no jealousy.
On the contrary, she understood completely.
She had faced life and death alongside Su Xiao.
Dangerous as it had been, at least she had been by his side.
Lucy, meanwhile, had stayed somewhere safe, but spent every day on edge, terrified for them.
If they hadn't made it out of Azure Tower alive, if they had died on this job...
V didn't even dare imagine what Lucy would have done.
The Wolf Bar should have been dark by now, well past closing time, but tonight its lights were still blazing.
Su Xiao, V, Lucy, Jack, and Mrs. Wells sat around a table near the counter.
An assortment of carefully prepared dishes filled the table, their tantalizing aromas making everyone's mouth water.
A large glass of fine liquor sat in front of each of them.
Jack gestured wildly in his excitement, giving Mrs. Wells and Lucy an exaggerated account of how they had infiltrated Azure Tower and fought their way out when everything went wrong.
When Mrs. Wells and Lucy heard that Adam Smasher, the legendary mercenary, had blocked their path,
their hearts leaped into their throats.
Lucy nervously grabbed Su Xiao's hand.
Her eyes sparkled like jewels, filled with worry.
"Don't listen to Jack's nonsense. It wasn't nearly that dramatic."
Su Xiao patted Lucy's hand.
He looked utterly unconcerned.
Jack, however, kept going.
"V and I were scared stiff. Adam Smasher! That was the infamous Smasher-the guy who even killed Johnny Silverhand!"
Crash-
"What was that?"
Everyone turned toward the sound.
A spider-shaped robot had broken a bottle.
Su Xiao, V, and Jack exchanged looks.
In the end, Jack was