Page 22 of Sinner's Salvation

“Prepare for the worst, hope for the best,” Evan said. “I don’t want to have to leave the room to get something. I want everything I might need on me.”

“Ah,” the man replied grudgingly. “That’s good thinking.”

What an idiot.

Evan went to the door and left without saying anything else. If he spoke, it was liable to get him into more trouble, and he was planning enough of it as it was.

Chapter Five

The door to the holdingroom opened with Evander Gunn standing in the center of the doorframe. This man, however, was completely unlike the charming fellow who’d treated Anna’s refusal to cooperate with poise and patience.

Now, he wore a handgun in a holster on his right thigh, a bullet resistant vest festooned with items, and a serious expression on his face.

He looked...comfortable carrying weapons. This was no negotiator, hiding behind polite platitudes. Evander Gunn was a warrior.

Desire ignited in her gut, raising her temperature and making her hands shake with the need to get closer, to touch him.

To taste him.

She wassothirsty.

No, that would be a horrible idea. They were under surveillance. She couldn’t do anything out of the ordinary or weird. She’d done enough of that already.

His transformation meant something had changed. But what?

She counted one handgun and at least three knives that she could see on him.

Whatever had happened wasn’t good.

Anna shoved her reaction to Evander to the back of her head, and moved to stand in front of Brian. Who huffed in annoyance, but subsided as soon as she lifted one hand.

Gunn was still wearing the ring. Was it a coincidence that he was wearing it? Had Bernard betrayed her in the end? Or put his trust in the wrong person?

Disappointment was a bitter taste in her mouth.

Gunn came inside the room and shut the door behind himself. He opened his mouth to say something, but stopped before any sound came out.

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