Page 119 of Allegiance

On top of that, they went missing.

Someone had them, and he needed to find them. That was his new goal, as he played reindeer games in The Big Easy.

Now, as he was heading into The Underground, to make the connection with the barkeep, Calyx Waters, he had to wonder if one day, he’d look back and remember himself as a hero or antihero.

It was anyone’s guess at this point.

But he was betting antihero.

There was no way he’d ever be anyone’s salvation. The hero vibe was gone from him, and he was destined to pay for his sins.

And they were many.

He should stay as far from this bar as possible, but he simply couldn’t.

All he knew was that seeing Calyx calmed him.

Even in a bar of deviants, seeing her made his heart slow down, his pulse stabilize, and his anger abate.

Why?

That was anyone’s guess, but at that point, he was not in the mood to think about why. It unnerved him so much that the woman had his dead wife’s face.

So instead of doing battle with it, he was just going with it.

For now.

Walking into the bar, people looked, but he had his hoodie covering his face, and his head down. In a couple of minutes, they’d forget he’d even walked in there.

Something would be brought up, and no one would pay him any attention.

Remmy would disappear into the background.

Like a ghost.

He headed to a seldomly used booth, and slid in, taking a seat to watch and wait. At some point, the woman who owned and ran this place, would see him and come over.

To make sure she was there, he looked across the bar, and he saw her.

Calyx.

God.

Each time he crossed her path, she stole his breath. It was clear that he needed some therapy because every time he saw Calyx, he thought about doing something stupid.

And he couldn’t.

If he crossed that line, he’d lose even more of himself in New Orleans.

Yeah, he knew why he was drawn here.

His obsession made him keep coming back.

Easily, he could pass off this part of the job to any other Hunter. They were the bad guys in the city, and they could blend—along with terrorizing by just being here.

Only, he kept taking the job.

He came to see her.

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