Sugar’s eyes followed him as he hurried out. “How strange. I’ve never heard Dirk speak so affluently before. He’s always said so very little, answering my questions with little more than a single syllable. He’s usually very quiet, spends his time alone, but now…”
“Apparently you don’t know him as well as you thought.”
She turned her eyes toward Judas. “What do you mean? Are you saying he could be dangerous?”
“No, of course not. In fact, Dirk is a very faithful servant. He just doesn’t like other people. He’s very protective of you, that’s all.”
“Do you think he’s in love with me?”
“Not at all. Dirk will never love any woman. Dirk is in love with evil.”
“My God,” she whispered as her eyes shifted toward the door Dirk had left through. The fact that it was still swinging sent a chill d
