Chapter 337: Thursday. Damascus, Syria.

I MISSED YOU.

Two hours later and those three words were still playing through Vara's head.

They'd found a café not far from the spot where she was scheduled to meet with Djinn and were currently doing a great job of not looking at each other.

She found it hard to believe Alec had thought twice about her since their fling. She'd been a diversion, just like her mother had said. What kind of man thought about a kid he'd met years ago and only knew for a few months?

That was crazy.

Then why was he still the man by which she measured all others?