Tobi’s POV
Driving back into Lenweil, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d felt such visceral relief. The sleepy town, with its cobbled streets and crooked chimneys, had never looked so inviting. I pulled into the garage and barely remembered to kill the engine before jumping out and taking the stairs to my apartment two at a time.
Rage simmered beneath my skin like an ember waiting for air. I should have killed that bounty hunter the night he broke into my apartment. No one would’ve questioned it. In fact, I might’ve been applauded for ridding the world of an escaped criminal. Instead, I’d let him slither through the cracks, and now he was circling Lila. Close enough to speak to her. Close enough to lie.
I showered in record time, scrubbing the road from my skin and trying to drown th
