Chapter 191

The Prey

A long silence stretched between us, thick with something unspoken, something fragile.

I was almost convinced he’d pull away. But then…

His hands came up to cover mine, pressing them harder against his skin, as if he needed to feel that I was real. That we were real.

For a fleeting moment, I felt safe, only to have that security dissolve with his next words.

“The files you found in my office…” His voice was calm, too calm, like the deadly quiet before a storm. “They were all about him. Brian Rosewood.”

I stilled in his embrace, my breath caught in my throat. My father. My world tilted and the walls closed in around me. My hands instinctively fell from his face and he let out a low, throaty sound of disappointment before he was leaning down to embed his face into my neck gently nudging the hair away and took a deep breath.

“How—” The question barely formed before it was smothered by his soft kisses on my neck. He was