Chapter 246
"Good," Alex said, crouching down slightly to meet the leader's terrified gaze directly. "Now, I want to know who exactly sent you."
The moment those unexpected words left Alex's mouth the lanky leader's eyes immediately flashed with something suspiciously close to either recognition or fear of a different kind, before smoothing back over into forced its previous expression so fast that it would have nearly been impossible for an ordinary person to catch.
But too bad for him, Alex was no ordinary person. With how astonishing all his senses had become, there was no damn way he could have missed that small flicker that briefly crossed the lanky dude's eyes.
So they really were sent by someone after all, Alex thought to himself as his earlier casual suspicion began solidifying into sure certainty. At first, he honestly hadn't put much thought into whether these four idiots had been acting entirely on their own or following someone else's orders.
