Lina's POV
I knew he'd been on the phone with little Lily. Katrina had gone to England recently, ostensibly to meet with Andrew Reese.
But Castellan's Alpha—Lily's father—seemed intent on keeping her there, throwing up obstacles at every turn.
Lily, clever little thing that she was, had secretly contacted Adrian, hoping he'd come to England and help patch things up between her parents.
Adrian's jaw tightened. He said nothing.
"If you don't want to go," I said quietly, "no one's going to drag you onto an operating table."
Without a word, he swept me up into his arms.
I studied the sharp line of his jaw as he carried me. He was so resistant to setting foot in England—and I knew why.
He was terrified of hearing Andrew Reese, one of the world's top specialists, say th
