Tessa's Training: Chapter Five
The mall food court was a jungle of neon and bad decisions, every corner pulsing with the kind of aimless, Saturday-afternoon energy that made even the glue-fumed pretzel stands seem vital. Jake Riley and Tessa threaded the crowd with practiced ease—two apex predators disguised as siblings, or maybe just the most dangerous pair of co-conspirators the mall had seen since someone snuck a goat into Auntie Anne’s and made local news.