Page 74 of A Touch of Treachery (Section 47 #3)

JOAN

G abriel Chase strode away, whistling a loud, jaunty tune. He easily cut a path through the dark night, and even the snow seemed to swirl around him instead of slapping him in the face like it was doing to me.

Anger flickered in my chest. Gabriel Chase was everything I disliked in a cleaner, even a former cleaner—cocky, arrogant, deadly. He was also entirely too attractive for his own good. Well, more like for my own good.

I sighed, and my anger receded, replaced by more than a little uncomfortable guilt.

Ever since Graham had been killed on the Blacksea mission, I’d been going through the motions of life, walking around numb most of the time. But something about Gabriel Chase cut through the numbness and jolted me back to life whether I wanted it to or not.

More guilt filled me. I’d loved Graham, and he had loved me. We’d even been talking about leaving Section 47 and building a life together outside the spy world. Well, Graham had been talking about it. I had wanted to stay at Section, had wanted to keep being a liaison, which I loved.

But Graham was gone, and now I didn’t know what I wanted, especially given all the disturbing secrets with General Percy that had come to light.

But try as I might, and despite my best intentions, I couldn’t take my eyes off Gabriel as he walked away, rounded a corner, and disappeared into the dark night.

I didn’t have synesthesia, so I didn’t get warnings about danger or lies like Charlotte did, but I still had a funny feeling that Gabriel Chase’s favor was going to cost me far more than I wanted to give.

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