Chapter 57. The Way She Fights (2)

“Ethan is just a kid, Aria. First Dean had him and then the kid was in the wind, became a mere rumour until just a few days ago. I had to think about a lot of things, a lot of people. I had to get him out quickly, but also safely.”

And he’d failed, because Dean knew exactly where baby Ethan was. The only silver lining was that Troy had him. This he didn’t tell her though, didn’t share.

“I didn’t have time to have this conversation with you.”

He was being so perfectly rational and making such sense and yet she just wanted to scream at him, to tell him that she could have helped him, not been the liability he saw her as.

“I need to leave,” she exhaled. “I need to not think.”

“No!” he freaked out, grabbing her arm. “You can be pissed off, ignore me, scream. Do whatever you have to, but you are not leaving these premises!”

She looked down at his hand around her arm and he let go. He hadn’t meant to be so aggressive, hadn’t meant to sound so threatenin