Chapter 18

Once outside, Rene groaned and slid down the side of the building. If Evan and William were on the run, perhaps they would come here. He looked around then, wondering if the rogue was out there right now, watching him to see if maybe he would be true or if he would turn Evan in for the bounty. When no one came from the shadows, Rene sighed. He stood up once more to continue his work, then stopped cold when a voice came from the darkness.

“You catered to the rogue as well, did you not?”

Rene swallowed hard, wondering whether he should lie to the man or brag that he had, indeed, taken the infamous rogue into him many times. He wondered what the captain would do should he tell the truth. When the owner of the voice stepped out of the shadows, however, it was not the captain.

“Who are you?” Rene asked the young man before him.

The man was quite attractive, to say the least, but something about him was odd. Rene backed up a bit when the man started towards him.