I slap the mask over my face and wave the gun at Stefan to make him put the cover back on.
He does, quickly and efficiently, then takes off the protective gear and puts everything away neatly in the cabinet. “I assume you’ll want to look through the house to make sure she isn’t here?”
This is going way too smoothly for my liking. I toss the mask aside and say, “Turn around.”
When he complies, I grab him by his collar and shove my gun into the small of his back. “You’re gonna lead the way. Anyone we find’s gonna get a bullet. You do anything stupid, you’re gonna get a bullet. Deal?”
“Deal,” he says promptly. “Unless Astrid and Nadja are still here. You don’t want to shoot them. They’re very nice.”
I don’t bother asking him who the f**k Astrid and Nadja are. I just push him forward, sha
