Honestly, she wasn’t quite sure what to think about the man. He was wearing a short-sleeved, black shirt, and he had tattoos poking out at the elbow.
That made her want to ask questions, but again, the silence was maddening.
When finally, Rayna couldn’t take it any longer, there was no doubt that she needed to take matters into her own hands and get to the bottom of this case.
‘The case of the hot bodyguard.’
Should she go there?
Absolutely not.
In fact, everything in her said stay silent, get back to her car, and mind her own damn business. Since he wasn’t putting out the welcome sign, she shouldn’t either.
That was what she should do.
What she was going to do…
Yeah, the opposite.
Rayna stopped dead on the trail, spun around, and held out her hand to the man.
Miraculously, he didn’t run her ass over. That’s how close he’d been to the back of her, but he’d managed to come to a stop.
Then again, she wouldn’t mind so much if they collided. Yeah, she was a glutton for all kinds of punishment. That was absolutely for sure.
“I’m Rayna. We haven’t been introduced. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
That caught him completely off guard. The whole half a mile they’d covered, he’d been dying to start a conversation, but he didn’t know how.
No.
He knew better.
There were things in his world that were completely not compatible with hers.
Mostly, him.
As she stood there with her hand out, Uriel glanced down, and then back up at her.
Finally, he shook it, and it was a big mistake. Touching her sent little licks of energy through his fingers and right to the core of his body.
Shit.
What was that?
Now, he knew that he shouldn’t be having any conversation with her. If he did, the problems were coming his way.
“I’m Uriel.”
She cocked her head, and kept her hand in his as she stared at him.
Honestly, Rayna could swear that his eyes dilated the second they touched.
That made her curious.
“Like the angel in the Bible?” she asked.
He paused.