Chapter 221

• That stubborn chin of hers dropped in defeat, and it broke my heart to see it. But I needed to get her inside and cleaned up before Luca and Tristan got home. “Okay,” she whispered so softly I barely heard her. I held out my hand, but she ignored it completely as she walked around me and started toward the glow of lights from the house.
• Breathing a sigh of relief, I followed her, knowing this docile act was only temporary.
• As we approached the circular driveway in front of the house, I pulled my sunglasses out of my inside jacket pocket and put them on. One of the guards standing by the front door was having a smoke as he scanned the trees surrounding the drive. It wasn’t one of the men who’d come running earlier, but I still saw Sera’s steps falter when she noticed him standing there.