Bab 492: Reborn

Gus stared at her face, trying to figure out what was going on with Katherine. Briefly glancing from side to side to check their surroundings, he grabbed her hand and pulled her with him towards an alley away from the possibility of getting seen by the guards who were standing outside of Castle. "What's going on with you?" he asked, his eyes becoming vigilant as he continued to study her.

He was still holding her hand when she sighed and leaned against the dirty wall of the alley. He thought of giving her hand a squeeze but she withdrew it casually before he could do so and put her hands inside her jeans pocket. She was wearing her usual outfit when she's not on a mission—a shirt, leather jacket, and jeans.

"Promise me?" she asked. 

He lightly nodded and listened when she began, "Have you ever hesitated to kill? Or you know… finish a mission because you feel like what you're doing isn't right?"