My throat closed.
‘They were under our noses.’
Yes.
‘In our house.’
Yes.
‘We trusted them.’
Yes.
‘And we are going to spend a long f*****g time being furious about that,’ she said. ‘But that does not mean you failed those women. You found them. You got them out. You killed the man who did it. Very creatively, by the way. Terrible table manners from the roses, but excellent message.’
Despite myself, and the f*****g mess my emotions were, she still managed to drag another laugh out of me.
Keres stirred but did not wake up. Nope, he just snuggled deeper between my knees.
Freak.
‘If anyone can fix this, it’s you.’
I hated how badly I wanted to believe her.
‘And Aiden,’ she added.
That ruined it a little.
I frowned at the ceiling. ‘Excuse me?’
‘Please. That mate of yours probabl
