I lean forward. “All high and mighty of you to suddenly care about my feelings.”
A hint of a smile tugs at his lips. “I just want to apologize for the lack of comfort these past few days.”
I snort. “Don’t pretend you care.”
“We can upgrade you to a room with a bed,” he muses. “If you give me something I can use.”
“Against me,” I retort, rolling my eyes. “I’d rather rot on the floor.”
“If that’s your wish, consider it done.”
He came to play games. I don’t like it.
“But I think you know why I’m here.”
He pulls out a set of photos and slides them my way, putting the faces of the men I murdered right underneath my nose, including a photo of Bob Eizenheimer, the cop.
He thinks I killed him too? Funny.
“I don’t care.”
He taps the photos. “We need to talk about these murders.”
I’m not going to spill the beans. Not in front of him, and definitely not in front of all those cameras.
His eyes flutter across the room just like mine until he finds the cameras, and he clears his throat, scoots his chair back, and stands. I watch him unplug the cameras and sit back down to stare at me with pride.
But he just cut his buddies off from the conversation.
He wants this to remain private.
Between us.
And that … that’s the Atreus I remember.
“Are you done pretending you didn’t kill all those men now?” he asks point-blank.
I tilt my head. “Are you done pretending you don’t love chasing me around?”
His pupils dilate for only a second, but I noticed, and it makes me chuckle.
“You and I always knew we would end up here.”
“Speaks the man,” I say under my breath.
“I’m an agent of the law, Sunny. My job is to bring criminals to justice.”
“And what is justice to you?” I rebuke.
He sucks in a breath like he’s willing to entertain me. “Putting those who break the rules behind bars.”
“Which rules?”
“The ones we all agreed to when we came into this world.”
I snort. “I didn’t agree to shit. And as far as I know, the men you are supposed to be hunting don’t either.”
His hands tighten into fists. Guess I struck a chord. “Would it ease your rage if I told you they will all get what they have coming for them?”
