Chapter 51

Liam

The moment she walked in, I knew she’d done it.

I knew that she took her to school, regardless of what I had told her.

Her hair was slightly wind-tousled, her shoulders squared, and her expression carried that quiet, infuriating confidence I’d come to recognize.

“You took her,” I said flatly, my voice calm but cold as stone. “Regardless of everything that I warned you about, of what I said and of the dangers that are outside, you still chose to take her. You still chose to do what you wanted to do rather than take her to play just like any other child would and then bring her back to safety if you wanted a normal life. I am talking.

“Yes. A normal life includes her going to school, making friends and getting to know people, not just playing around in the park with my eyes over her before we brought her back an hour later.”

No apology. No hesitation. Just that single word as she moved past me like I wasn’t the Alpha of this house, this