Ryan

"Connor told me he'd been captured," I said, my voice a deep, menacing growl. Rage pulsed through my veins at the thought of what that traitorous cur had done to Lyra.

Liam nodded, his own face grim and apologetic. "Yes, he's in holding now under heavy guard. I'm so sorry, Ryan. If he wasn't Whitney's cousin, I never would have hired him. It was a lapse in judgment on my part."

I waved off his apology with a dismissive hand, knowing Liam wasn't to blame for the ...