Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 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, I 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?" I asked again, still dazed.

Then, like a lightbulb flicking on, I remembered what Jace had told me about the leader of Quartz Cue.

Only, I'd imagined someone totally different-rough, kinda brutal-looking, like Thorsten. But this guy? He was almost 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.

had said something about the leader of Quartz Cue being injured, sol squinted, looking him over. But I didn't see any scars or bandages. Just... a ridiculously good-looking face. "My name is Hernátor Skye," he said,

he reached out, fingers brushing the air near my face. I turned away, but he still managed to pat my head, like I was some lost puppy. "You can call me Hernan," he said, smirking.

jerked back, shrinking against the wall.

What would be the point? Even if I did, by the time Jace got here, I'd already

guy's mercy.

said, grinning, like this whole thing was

good time, and it threw me off. I found myself snapping back,

laugh, like I'd just told him the best joke. "How old are you, anyway? How

Cute?

was coming off as helpless,

before I got here, I was thinking, 'If I have to deal with some boring, ugly hostage, where am I gonna stash her? But now," he said, giving me an amused once-over, "I can see I won't have to. You're cute and

was going to pull me up, to take

No way I was just going to do whatever

said, trying to sound more confident than I

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