Vengeance Unleashed (The Wanted Men Series Book 1) by Haviland Nancy

Author:Haviland, Nancy [Haviland, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Nancy Haviland
Published: 2020-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

A hush fell over the room as Eva came in carrying her purse. Gabriel searched her face for a sign she might have overheard something…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 curled up in the corner of the sofa and took her cell out before placing her purse on the floor. Gabriel could tell she’d brushed her hair because the satiny mass 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 muttered with a self-conscious look around.

“Definitely be the main attraction, even with the shiner,” Jak quipped as he went over to the bar 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.”

“The asshole is Jak,” Gabriel said. “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 skull. “Are you okay?”

She met his gaze, and he was glad to see a twinkle of humor in her eye. She shrugged as she tucked her wounded feet under her and placed the ice on her cheek before turning to 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 risk their lives for us.”

Jak nodded through a scowl, clearly uncomfortable. Gabriel wanted to high-five Karma for finally showing up.

It’s Caleb, honey. Read up.

Wincing and shooting him a quick glance, Eva grabbed her phone. She sent a reply after reading the message, then put the phone back on the table.

“Caleb,” she said unnecessarily, as if Gabriel wouldn’t hear that fuckin’ 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?” Fuuuck. He hadn’t meant to ask that.

But he needed to know.

“Oh. Um, nothing. He just asked how I was.” Her gaze was sharp as she looked at him. “I wanted to call him earlier but didn’t have my phone.”

She was gauging his reaction to that. He could see it. So he tried to play it off like he didn’t give a fuck that she’d wanted to call another man when she’d been in need.

When her scrutiny persisted, he cursed.

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