Chapter 107
The two men snapped their heads towards the door, and that tiny interruption made Kairen shut his eyes briefly in relief. Thank God someone finally intervened, he thought, because this newly found courage was already running on its last thin thread. One more charged breath from Sebastian and he might lose it—lose himself, lose the moment, lose whatever sanity was still balancing on the edge of that hallway.
Joe was the one who stepped out through those doors with the gait of a man sent on an errand, so focused he didn't even notice 'jack and jil'.
Only after two steps did he pause, his stern, folded face smoothing out, brightening the moment he sighted Kairen.
"Mr. Noel," Joe exhaled, relieved like someone who finally found the item he'd been searching for in a crowded market.
