Chapter 259. Run!

Axel stared with wide eyes, pulling me closer as I heard Torrin’s boots approaching, a loud stomp like that day at the bar.

I spun around, standing beside Axel, holding the paper bag and my purse in a tight clutch. 

Toriin stopped before us, his eyes running down Axel, then with a smile, he stretched his hand out.

“You must be Axel.”

“Who is this?” Axel whispered to me, and I shook my head, not sure how to introduce Torrin. 

Your friend’s pirate stepbrother? Your other best friend's romantic prospect and brother in arms?

“Torrin Reeve,” Torrin said now as Axel hesitated, but finally took his hand and shook firmly. “Nice to finally meet you. Where’s Tara, by the way?”

Axel looked speechless for the first time since I met him, and I couldn’t even blame him. 

Torrin did not look real, standing here in San Francisco. He had looked like something out of the past in that Hungarian bar, but now, he looked like what you'd only see in a