“Hey, what—”
“Get her back to the cabin now,” I interrupted him.
“I’m not sure what you’re talking about,” Darren said around a mouthful of whatever he was eating.
“You left her alone, and he’s with her,” I told him.
Darren hung up, and I found him making his way across the hall towards Harriet in a rush.
I turned back to her.
He pulled her in.
She leaned forward, up on her toes, and kissed him.
It wasn’t forced.
I had watched her. She pressed herself against him.
Ashford pulled her back and deepened the kiss.
I turned away.
I was going to be sick.
I should have gone over and grabbed her away from him the moment I saw her smiling and smelling candles with that runt.
What was she doing?
Could she not wait to be back with him? So desperate to escape me that she’d kiss him in the crowded market fair for everyone to see?
Was I not allowed even one more day before her façade of fear and apprehension of returning was dropped?
“Where are you going?” Sara asked.
We weren’t attending the fair. Simply trying to grab something quick to eat before we continued discussions with Pack Suncrest.
I had felt her in the room like some unknown sense tethered to her, drawing me to her.
“You can handle the rest of the discussions without me. James is fully aware of all relevant figures,” I said as I walked away.
“Cole,” she called angrily, her voice low, trying not to draw attention.
She could be angry with me later.
I walked back to the cabin, my anger growing with every step.
The door to the cabin was unlocked and ajar when I got there.
“Get out, Darren,” I told him.
The two of them were standing in the hallway, having only arrived at the cabin no more than a minute before me.
“It wasn’t Harriet’s idea. I basically abducted her,” he said, even as he walked towards me and the door.
I growled in frustration, and he moved faster.
“Don’t blame her,” he said as he passed me.
