Chapter 16: Wallber

Matt’s POV

The restaurant Ben chose was an upscale little place away from a main city. The entire building had been emptied out. Uriel warned us that Ben had armed people waiting around the area, but just outside their area of operation, I had stationed Warhammer Guard.

If anyone wasn’t making it out of this alive it was Ben, Sonia, and Wade.

“Matt, it’s so nice to see you,” Sonia said. “You should really come see your stepmother more.”

I didn’t respond to her, “Odd that you’d bring her.”

“I wanted it to be clear.”

It was a ruse. He was hoping to keep the gunfire down from our side because she was here.

“I figure the women can stay here and get acquainted,” Ben nodded upstairs, “I’ve had our table set up upstairs.”

I turned to Glenda and pressed a kiss to her cheek.

“Don’t eat anything,” I whispered, drawing back. I ushered her to her seat and pushed her up to the table before following Mordecai and Ben who were putting on airs about how close they were.

Wade glared at me wit