Later that night, Mack and I lie in bed side by side in a house so full, it’s not even funny.

Faith, who probably hates me, is staying in one spare bedroom. My father is in the other while his enforcers are sleeping in the lounge with blankets and bedding that Mack pulled out for them.

But at least Connall, who definitely hates me for no reason that I can think of, isn’t in the house. Even though Mack suggested that he could stay with Adela or even Bennett, Connall decided he’d rather ...