Inside the lobby of the Winding Trail Inn, Thane’s eyes darted at every sound. He kept his eyes on the main hallway leading to the rooms, expecting the stranger in black from earlier to come walking out any moment.

Thane was going to have a conversation with him, it was just a matter of when.

Eva snapped her fingers and called out to him. “Hello? Thane?”

Thane hadn’t realized he’d stopped walking ten feet from the front desk. He walked the rest of the ...