I studied Aaran’s face for a moment, but he wouldn’t meet my eyes. When I glanced over at Beattie, she was studying her boyfriend with a bit of a furrow between her eyebrows. We clearly didn’t know everything there was to know about Aaran Anderson.
But I had more pressing things to focus on. “Okay, let’s go back to our guesthouse, get refreshed, and I’ll put out some feelers.” I tried to sound confident, but everything about this situation felt murkier than it had the moment before.
The four of us stood, and Adaire dropped a few bills on the table before we headed out and walked silently to the guesthouse. The place appeared empty, and everything seemed just as it had been when we’d left a few hours before, but I couldn’t shake the sense that something was off. I didn’t know why, but I d
