As soon as Samantha said those words, she could feel the man’s tall body stiffen all of a sudden.

Timothy slowly distanced himself slightly from her. His black pupils appeared sullen and dark, while another layer of chilliness was thrown into the mix. His voice was as sharp as a knife’s edge, jabbing straight at her. “What did you just say? Say it again!”

Samantha was not nearly as panicked then as she was earlier when they could have been discovered at any time by anyone else. At that ...