Chapter 58

“I figure it’s at least one,” Eddie said softly, barely audible over the hum of the engine and the wind off the beach. “You would have had to figure out at some point that you were this danger to people.”

“Why do you want to know?” Kaeva asked.

Eddie rasped a chuckle. “I’m going to be sharing quarters with you for four weeks. I’d like to know the chances of my very timely death coming earlier than I’d planned.”

The wheel creaked under Kaeva’s twisting grip. “As long as you don’t touch me, it’ll be fine.”

Again, that glance. It was calculating. It made Kaeva uneasy. “Have you ever killed anyone by doing something other than touching them when you were angry?” Eddie asked.

A list of dangerous emotions scrolled in Kaeva’s mind. “It doesn’t have to be when I’m angry.”

“Have you?” Eddie pressed.

“Have you?” Kaeva countered.

“No.”

Kaeva sighed. He’d never thought he’d be longing for the moments of idle babbling. “Yes. I’ve killed someone.”