-Ronan-

I don’t rest at all on the flight from London. I am taken directly to her safe house, hungry to lay eyes on her again, to smell her scent again, to feel her warmth again.

The door to the house is open and a man’s voice is trailing from inside. I tune my ears and listen to every word of Tommy’s declaration.

My first impulse is to enter and rip his head off, but I calm myself trying to wait for Ara’s response. I want Ara for myself but know that us being ...