I didn't utter a word. I couldn't.
The silence of the night was thick enough to drown in and inside that darkness I could feel the figure's intense gaze on me.
Without saying a word, he bent down and reappeared with something in his hand.
"You read MC Clean?"
His surprised voice hit the spot and only then did I blink.
Orion. f**k. Damnit.
I shut my eyes for a moment to calm my nerves and at least breathe. His scent filled my lungs now. When my eyes reopened, faint light from the bulb two blocks away cast a gentle glow on his face. He was flipping through the pages of a book. My book.
"Give that back."
I tried to snatch the book away from his grip, but his sway was too fast.
"You read Mac Clean?"
Orion asked again, and I rolled my eyes from growing irritation.
"Obviously. The
