Death Drop (Blades of Havoc Book 4) by Eva Chance & Harlow King

Author:Eva Chance & Harlow King [Chance, Eva & King, Harlow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2023-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

Rafael

When I reached the apartment door, I stopped. For a second, the burden of my omissions weighed on me so heavily I couldn’t move.

All the secrets I’d kept from Lou.

All the casual deceptions I’d let myself pretend didn’t matter.

All the horrible history that had brought us together, that hadn’t gone away no matter how much I’d wanted to believe it had.

How the fuck was the woman I loved ever going to trust me again?

I wasn’t going to find out unless I walked in there and talked to her. Even if she never forgave me, she deserved as much of an explanation as she’d let me give.

Girding myself, I raised my hand and turned the knob.

The door swung open to reveal an equally tense scene on the other side. Lou sat at the end of the sofa, one foot lifted to rest on the opposite knee, her back perfectly straight against the cushions. The other three men held themselves in a row behind her as if standing guard.

Niko and Jasper simply looked grim. Quentin outright glared at me. I could tell they were strung tight, probably ready to snatch at their weapons if I made a wrong move.

I couldn’t blame any of them for their reaction.

Lou glanced at me with a cool expression. When she spoke, it was to the other guys. “I want to talk to Rafael alone.”

Quentin let out a noise of protest, but before he could get any further into an argument, Lou held up her hand to stop him. “I’ll be fine. Whatever he’s got to say is about stuff from way before I knew any of you. I don’t want any interruptions.”

Jasper dipped his head, shooting me with a warning look. “We’ll hang out in one of the bedrooms. Shout, and we’ll be right here.”

They headed off through one of the nearby doorways. As the door clicked shut behind them, Lou bent over and picked up the skate I hadn’t noticed resting against the base of the sofa. She adjusted another object in her hand and brought the skate’s blade to it.

Shrrrk!

I’d heard that sound dozens of times before. The sharp hiss of metal being sharpened against a hand stone. It raised the hairs on the back of my neck the same way nails on chalkboard might have, but I wasn’t in a position to complain.

Lou didn’t say anything to me, didn’t even meet my gaze again as she angled her skate in rhythmic swipes across the stone. Honing the blade into just as much of a weapon as any knife she could have carried. I had no doubt that thing could slice through my skin if she wanted to cut me.

As she no doubt wanted me to be aware of while we had this conversation. A subtle yet unmistakable statement of her strength. I had to admire the gesture, even as it made my stomach churn.

She had said she wanted to talk. I took careful steps over to the sofa and eased down at the opposite end from her.

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