He also wasn’t proud when he turned to walk away. He wasn’t pleased with himself when he started the ATV’s engine and left Eddie in the sand. But he told himself it was safer this way. Because if Eddie got the impression he could get away with this shit and ever pulled another stunt like it to make Kaeva talk, Kaeva wasn’t sure either of them would live through it.
* * * *
It was hours before Kaeva heard the cabin’s front door open and close. He was up in the loft in the twilight, staring at his chimes and thinking of how Eddie just hadn’t been able to believe they were decorative and not functional. That Kaeva just liked them. The bemused look on Eddie’s face had been…Well..
He sighed. Kaeva hadn’t been able to decide if Eddie returning to the City and leaving would make him feel better or worse than Eddie coming back to him.