The man made him want to melt into the floor with just a steamy look.
Ian wasNEVERgetting off that ride.
Ever.
“My Lord, you can relax. I was more intrigued in the process, and getting into the wall to see what is back there. When Gabby told me about it, I got the chills. I know it’s got to be tied to this. I’m dying to know if we’ll get the next piece of the puzzle.”
Gryphen just kept glancing over at him as he drove.
And Ian was to the point.
“You’re the only man I like watching work. God, but I hope the castle is chilly. We might need some wood cut.”
That amused Gryphen.
If anything, Ian was predictable, and if he wanted to watch him chop wood, then he was down with that. It made for the hottest, wildest sex.
One mention of a kilt, and Ian went into Mr. Patterson mode.
Thank.
Freaking.
God.
As he drove, he quickly winked at him, and it was crystal clear they were both thinking about the same thing.
Each other.
Yeah, and Gryphen was grateful for that, too. Never let it be said he didn’t like a horny, lecherous fiancé.
Because he did.
How could he not?
“We’ll work on the mystery as long as Michael is okay,” Gabby admitted. “I’m worried about him.”
Oh, they all were.
He was an Archangel, but underneath that title, he had a life of difficulty too. Gabby, Ian, and Gryphen all knew the burdens he’d bore and the pain he’d suffered.
On top of that, he was still recovering from his injuries of being shot.
Seeing Graham and being blindsided hadn’t been easy on him—and the proof was how he tore into Elizabeth. That told them all they needed to know.
The man was rattled.
“If he’s okay, we’ll progress,” Ian said.
And that was the bottom line.
As they got to the castle, Gryphen held out his smart watch by the keypad at the gate, and it activated the passcode to access the place.
Slowly, the gates swung open, and he drove through so they could get started.
“Michael said he was going diving today,” Finn admitted. “Chris and Callen sent him here to pull up the bones. I warned him not to go alone, so we’ll have to babysit him doing that too.”
Who could forget about the bones in the lake? The whole thing made everyone edgy, and with good reason.
