Chapter 27

Reaching the relative safety of the kitchen, Evie all but threw herself through the door and dropped into a nearby chair. She sat there for a moment, gulping in deep breaths as she tried to slow the frantic thud of her heart.

Only once the panic began to fade did she realize she wasn’t alone.

Tobin sat at a corner table, hunched over a steaming bowl of soup. He didn’t so much as glance up—he looke