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He made a small sound, a disbelieving sound. “Sparring, huh?”
She wanted to hit him. “How did it feel when people didn’t believe you about Calla?”
That got his attention. “This is nothing like that.”
“Really?”
His eyes were intense now, locked on hers. “Yeah. Really.”
She had a retort on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn’t say anything, not with the way he was studying her.
“Did you really kiss Silver?” he asked.
“He kissed me.” It was nothing to blush over, but her cheeks disagreed.
“And when you jumped me on the Ferris wheel, wasn’t that an attempt to shut me up?”
“You don’t have a very high opinion of me, huh?” But her cheeks still felt hot, because his words were absolutely true.
That didn’t mean she hadn’t enjoyed their time on the Ferris wheel.
“See, there’s the difference,” said Hunter. “I never hit Calla. The only time I ever laid a hand on her was when she was trying to kill me.”
“I think you’ve got this all wrong.”
He swung his head around to look at her. “You would, wouldn’t you? I’m surprised you’re not throwing yourself at me right now, just to end the conversation.”
She snorted. “Like you’d know what to do if I did.”
He recoiled, and she regretted it immediately. But she’d needed to sting him back for everything he’d been saying, as if the only thing she could offer this mission was a little physical distraction wrapped up with a pretty smile.
That was how Silver treated her.
And how her mother had treated her.
Hunter’s shoulders were tight now, and he was peeling the label off his water bottle. He very determinedly was not looking at her.
Mocking him should have felt good. It didn’t. It felt like crap.
“I’m sorry you don’t think you can trust me,” she finally said.
He didn’t say anything. He probably could recite the label by heart he was studying it so hard.
“I don’t trust anyone,” he finally said.
That surprised her. “You trust Silver.”
Hunter looked her way. “Trust isn’t the right word. He’s the first person I’ve met in a long time who brought it back to black-and-white.”
And Hunter respected that. She could hear it in his voice. He might not like Silver, but he respected him, he respected what he was doing here.
“So you’re going to turn on the Merricks.”
“I’m not turning on anyone. They’re not on my side.”
“I watched Gabriel pull you out of the line of fire, after Silver shot you.”
Hunter didn’t say anything. Then he looked over. “Whose side are you on?”
