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Senses on alert, Finn grabbed Jewel’s hand.
Her mouth dropped open when his skin made contact, but he didn’t have time to coddle her. That guy could be one of Kross’s men.
They needed to move. Now.
Blood coursed through his veins and sent his pulse spiking. His head whipped around, searching for a hiding place.
“What are you doing?” Jewel shrieked.
“We need to go. Finn ran, hauled a curve and peered over his shoulder.
The man was still following them.
“Finn!”
“Look behind you.”
Jewel turned her head.
“Be subtle,” he whispered.
Her nose flaring, she did. When she whipped back around, he noticed her eyes were wider and filled with shock.
She’d seen him too.
“There’s someone following us,” she said, her hand going limp in his and her footsteps quickening.
He could feel her pulse spiking from where his fingers were clamped on her wrists. “Just stay calm.”
Jewel did not.
“What do we do?” she cried frantically. “What if he already has Juney? I need to call my brother.”
“Calm down.”
“Finn, I can’t do this again. I can’t go back to him.”
Finn growled and made a hard left turn. He slipped into a narrow alley left by two abandoned kiosks and wedged them both between it.
The cramped space had him pressing Jewel into the wall, his face close to hers, his lips an inch away.
His heart stirred.
He looked into her frightened eyes, unsure if she was stricken over the fact that one of Kross’s men were breathing down her neck or that he was.
“Stay here,” he instructed.
She bobbed her head, the move allowing her nose to brush against his. Electricity skittered from where their skin touched and charged every nerve in his body.
Finn forced himself to focus and slid over her as he checked the crowd. The man who’d snapped their picture stood nearby. He spun around in circles, clearly looking for them.
Finn sprung out of their hiding place.
The guy spotted him when it was already too late.
He grabbed him by the throat and spun him around, smashing him into the front of kiosk where Jewel hid.
He heard her yelp.
