"Busy morning?" He asks.
"When isn't it?" I lean back in my chair. "But nothing that can't wait. What's going on?" I ask. Been without saying it out loud, I know he has something to say.
"I wanted to talk to you about something," he says finally, still not meeting my eyes.
"Okay."
Another pause. He takes a breath, lets it out slowly, and then looks up at me.
"My mission is done," he says simply.
I blink.
Kieran has been fiercely protective of me since the day we made that deal.
It's the way that only someone who genuinely cares can be. It wasn't obligation that brought him here. It was loyalty and friendship.
"You're going back to Crystal Lake," I say. It's not a question.
"Yeah." He nods.
“ Marcus is safe and you are free from Graham and your uncle. We can say that mission is d
