Then she held them as they cried. And cried.
As they begged to see him. And threatened her if she didn’t let them come back with her. And cried some more. But by the end, she held them longer, hating that Harrington did this to her family.
And though Beckham told her not to mourn the living, she couldn’t help but feel a piece of her brother had cracked away with his turning. And her entire family felt the reverberating repercussions.
Chapter Nineteen
A knock at the door finally broke them apart. Reyna rubbed her raw, red-rimmed eyes and then answered. Everett stood there, looking grim.
“What is it?” she asked.
“I have a rather annoying vampire demanding to see you,” he muttered.
“Beckham?”
“Something important I presume, as he looks ready to tear me apart to get to you.”
“Sounds like him. Give me a minute. I’ll go.”
She turned back to Drew and Laura and pulled them both in for hugs.
“Are you sure I can’t come with you?” Laura asked.
“As much as I want you to, no. It’s safer for you here while Brian is transitioning.”
“I know you said that, but he’s my husband. Wouldn’t you be there if this was Beckham?”
Laura had her there. Reyna would kill someone before they kept her from him. That didn’t mean it was the right thing for Laura, or for Brian, right now.
“I’m sorry. As soon as he’s in a better place. Any change at all. I’ll bring you to the house, okay?”
Laura grumbled her disagreement, but Drew put his hand on her shoulder. “We’ll be ready for that.”
Finally, Reyna withdrew with an ache in the pit of her stomach and left them behind to deal with this together. Beckham was waiting for her right where she’d left him. He was pacing in frustration. He hated being barred from anything.
“What’s happened?” Reyna asked.
He visibly relaxed when he saw her. “Just got off the phone with Gabe. It seems his contact has come through.”
“That’s good. When does he go?”
“Not him,” Beckham said somberly. “Us.”
Reyna tilted her head and narrowed her eyes. “What do you mean, us?”
“We’re going to meet his contact.”
“Okay but why?”
Beckham shrugged one shoulder. “Gabe told me to hurry.”
Reyna would have laughed at how much that made him want to tear Gabe limb from limb, but she didn’t think this would be a good thing. Gabe had made it sound like this person was dangerous. Not that she wasn’t used to danger now. When had this become her new normal?
They returned to the car and found Gabe beside it, bouncing on the balls of his feet like the fighter he was. “Thank fuck. Took you enough time,” he cried, his Irish accent bleeding through.
“Got here as fast as we could,” Reyna told him.
“Look, this guy isn’t someone to be messed with. If I’m saying that, then you can believe he’s the real deal. I thought I was going to get the meeting, but he asked for you two.” Gabe looked put out by that.
