Lancaster suddenly pulled her into his arms. Ivy Collins was startled, her hands instinctively gripping his shoulders as Ethan Lancaster buried his face against her neck. After a long moment, his voice finally emerged, rough and low.

"Steal you away?"

And then gouge out that bastard William Watson’s eyes. Break his legs.

Ethan Lancaster’s biggest regret was how casually he had dismissed the news when he first heard the Collins family intended to ...