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“No, my finger hit the end button when I took the phone from him,” Ice lied smoothly and took a bite of food.
“Oh.” A moment passed. “When are you coming home?”
“I’m almost back to one hundred percent, so soon…I have something important to tell you,” he said around a bite of food. Even though leaving this island didn’t sound appealing at all, the thought of killing Solomon trumped everything right now.
“Wait… one hundred percent what?” Dave said slowly. The man’s voice had changed into a tone that Ice only heard when Dave was beyond pissed—as in…ballistic angry. It was a quiet voice filled with deadly power that caused a person to sweat, and he was once again thankful that Dave had never used it on him.
Ice swallowed his food and murmured softly. “Like Echo said, ask Justice.”
Two weeks later….
“We can’t go back to my place,” Echo said.
Ice glanced up from the magazine he was reading. “I’m crashing in Seven’s spare room so…”
“We definitely don’t want to stay there.” Echo shook his head and then tossed his empty coffee cup in the plastic trash bag the airline stewardess held open.
They were on a flight home to deal with whatever the fuck was waiting for them and to try and figure out who had set them up and why. Echo didn’t like it at all—he still didn’t believe that Ice was fully recovered, but Ice was stubborn.
Damn, was he stubborn.
And hot.
And sexy.
Echo traced his eyes over the perfectly cropped beard and mustache where Ice’s long and loose blond strands caught in the small hairs.
“We should probably get a place that nobody knows about,” he said, reaching out and gently brushing Ice’s hair back.
Ice’s eyes were unreadable at the moment and Echo stared into the pale blue depths trying to see how Ice was absorbing his suggestion, but he came away with nothing. Ice had a poker face when it suited him.
“Or we can do separate—.”
“I’m good with one.” Ice smirked and Echo had to laugh.
He’d been doing that a lot lately, smiling—and he wanted more than anything to be back on his secluded hideaway with Ice, but they had monsters to slay.
He found Ice still staring at him. “What?”
“Nothing.”
“What?”
“I was just thinking that it’s too bad Savage and Thane aren’t with us,” Ice said.
“Same,” Echo agreed.
Savage and Thane had come to his home and they’d enjoyed a night of drinks and food on the beach. He had never had friends over like that before and had hesitated at first after telling Ice about them. Ice got over his jealousy hearing that Savage had a lover. When the pair arrived with food, wine, and jokes, the atmosphere had rocked. That night, the four of them had told stories by a fire on the beach and Echo couldn’t remember when he’d ever had such a good time with other people. Too bad the pair of assassins didn’t work for Erebus.
“Give them time,” Ice said, reaching over and taking his hand. “You told Savage you’d recommend him and Thane to Dave.”
“Yeah, but didn’t you see the look Savage gave me when I said that?”
“I did. It looked like surprise. Maybe he didn’t expect you to offer.”
Echo nodded and leaned his head back against the seat. It was definitely a bad idea to want friends in the assassin business. Hell, he even kept his distance from Rogue and Fisher and they’d all grown up together.
Yet, he couldn’t help think that if Savage and Thane worked for Erebus he could…
