Kara stepped closer to us, not sparing Adriel a second glance. She examined me with narrow eyes, giving me the impression of undergoing the evaluation of a judgemental mother, then broke into a grin, stretching out a hand for me to shake.
“Pleased to meet ya,” she smiled. I returned her handshake, impressed with how firm it was compared to the lousy, weak ones I was accustomed to back home. “The lads have never brought a girl here before.”
“I – “
“She’s a close friend,” Adriel butted in, shooting me a sideways glance. “I wanted to show her around.”
Oh, so they kept their dirty business a secret, eh? I was feeling nasty and wanted to make Adriel squirm so I said, “We only reunited recently. They kidn*pped me just to meet up.”
Without looking to see the effect my words had on Adriel, I
