GoodReadChapter 558
Sometimes people just... zone out. And right now, that was me.
Normally, I'd be halfway to the door by now, maybe screaming a little. But instead, | just sat there, curled up on
the floor, blinking up at him and asking who he was.
"Feeling heartbroken, are we?" he asked. His face was intense-chiseled jaw, deep-set eyes, high cheekbones. He
looked like someone straight out of a movie, and apparently, he could see right through
1. me.
"Who are you?" | asked again, still dazed.
Then, like a lightbulb flicking on, | remembered what Jace had toldabout the leader of Quartz Cue.
Only, I'd imagined someone totally different-rough, kinda brutal-looking, like Thorsten. But this guy? He was
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtalmost elegant, in that rugged, model-like way.
If I'd seen him on the street, I'd probably think he was a Calvin Klein ad or something.
And then | remembered Jace had said something about the leader of Quartz Cue being injured, sol squinted,
looking him over. But | didn't see any scars or bandages. Just... a ridiculously good-looking face. "My nis
Hernator Skye," he said, leaning closer. And that's when | realized just how close he was.
Instinctively, | pulled back, but he reached out, fingers brushing the air near my face. | turned away, but he still
managed to pat my head, like | was slost puppy. "You can callHernan," he said, smirking. "Or just Skye."
| jerked back, shrinking against the wall. "What do you want?"
I didn't scream. What would be the point? Even if I did, by the tJace got here, I'd already be at this
guy's mercy.
"What do you think?" Hernan said, grinning, like this whole thing was skind of game.
Weirdly enough, he didn't feel sinister. He just kept smiling, like he was actually having a good time, and it threw
He laughed a real, full-on laugh, like I'd just told him the best joke. "How old are you, anyway? How can you be
this cute?"
Cute?
Yeah, maybe | was coming off as helpless, but that just madebristle more.
"Honestly, before | got here, | was thinking, 'If | have to deal with sboring, ugly hostage, where am | gonna
stash her? But now," he said, givingan amused once-over, "I can see | won't have to. You're cute and way
more entertaining than | expected." He reached out his hand again. "Con, stand up."
He was going to pullup, to takewith him.
But | wasn't that easy to intimidate. No way | was just going to do whatever he wanted.
"There are people protectingin this hotel," | said, trying to sound more confident than | felt." Someone's right
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmoutside the door."
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"I know," he replied, completely unfazed.
"So, you're not takinganywhere," | shot back, already racking my brain for ways to signal Jace. Even if it
didn't stop this creep, at least Jace would know something went down. "Wanna bet?" Hernan smirked.
Before | could react, his hand closed around mine, yankingup in one swift, effortless move.
| barely had tto register it. So all that pulling back, all my little defiance? He'd just been lettingplay
along.
"Rea, you okay?" Jace's voice cthrough the door, followed by a knock. He must've sensed something was
off.
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