A Love of Vengeance (Wanted Men Book 1) by Haviland Nancy

Author:Haviland, Nancy [Haviland, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

As Eva retrieved her purse from the table in the entrance, Gabriel searched her face for a sign that she’d heard anything she shouldn’t have. His lungs deflated when all he saw was the same anxiety etched into her features that had been there when she’d gone inside earlier.

She hadn’t heard his earlier declaration.

She carefully walked over and curled her body into the corner of the sofa. After taking out her cell, she placed it on the coffee table before letting the purse slide to the floor. Gabriel could see she’d brushed her hair while she’d been inside the bathroom and it now flowed over her shoulders and down her back like a shiny oil slick.

“Blink or something, you guys. I feel like I’m in a zoo,” she said.

“You’d be the main attraction, even with the shiner,” Jak quipped as he went over and filled a towel with ice. “Relax, dude.” He raised a hand in Gabriel’s direction without looking at him as he brought the pack to Eva, then dropped into one of the chairs. “You know everyone was thinking it.”

Dammit. If he hadn’t been so busy railing at Stefano, he’d have gotten the ice himself.

“The asshole is Jak,” Gabriel growled. “You haven’t met him yet, but don’t get too attached. His days are numbered.” He placed his glass on the bar, instead of beaming it across the room and into his friend’s thick skull. “Are you okay?”

She met his gaze with a twinkle of humor in her eye and shrugged as she tucked her wounded feet under her. She placed the ice on her cheek and looked at Jak. “I remember you from the other night. How’s your head?”

“S’all good. Definitely had worse.” He smirked, running his finger across the scar on his face.

“Bar fight?” Eva inquired.

“Afghanistan.”

Her perfect brows popped, and then she smiled. “Thank you. I don’t often get to personally thank those who risked their lives for us.”

Jak nodded, and Gabriel didn’t think he’d ever seen the guy so uncomfortable. He wanted to high-five Karma for finally showing up. For once the guy was getting a taste of his own let’s-make-someone-squirm medicine.

“It’s Caleb, honey. Read up.”

The chime of her cell startled Eva into a jump before she snatched it up. She read quickly and then tapped a response before putting it back on the table.

“Caleb,” she said unnecessarily, as if Gabriel wouldn’t hear that goddamned ringtone in his nightmares.

He nodded and tried to look as though he wasn’t contemplating a good ass kicking for the biker.

Keeping his hands buried in his pockets, he walked over to stand by the fireplace, avoiding the boys’ eyes. He’d have told them all to get the fuck out, but he wanted them to hear what had happened tonight in case he blacked out from rage overload halfway through the story.

“What did he want?” The words burst from him, even though he’d tried to hold on to them. But he had to know.

“Oh. Um, nothing. He just asked how I was.

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