Chapter FourteenWhen I came out, I found Matthias waiting for me near the bathroom. He pointed his chin toward the lobby and said, “I need a word with you.”
I hesitated, wondering what he could possibly have to say to me, glanced toward the conference room.
“After you,” I said. If he wanted to hurt me, he'd do that when I was alone, not when the Hunters and Zantry were right there in the next room over.
Matthias stuck his head inside Vincent's office, motioned me in and stepped behind me. I turned to face him, found him blocking the door. His stance was non-threatening, hands tucked inside his denim pockets. If it wasn't for the dangerous glint in his eyes and the menace oozing from him in waves, I could have prevented my heart from pounding like the drum of death.
“There's something I
