Page 360 of Reign

By the time we turn through the gates, three vehicles follow behind us.

Elena looks through the rear window again.

“Are all those men coming because you think Angelo is going to storm the property?”

“No.”

“You always answer quickly when you’re telling a half truth.”

“It’s not a half truth. It was an easy answer.”

She turns back around in her seat. “Then why are they here?”

“Because they work for me.”

“That’s not an answer.”

“It is technically an answer.”

“It’s a bad one.”

I place my hand over hers before she can resume tapping against her thigh.

“I’m increasing your security.”

Her fingers still beneath mine. Her head snaps in my direction.

“Why?”

“Because I decided it was necessary.”

“I’m not in danger.”

“I’m not waiting for someone to prove you wrong.”

Concern replaces some of the nervous irritation in her expression.

“Do you think my brothers’ war is going to spill over to us?”

“Not if I can help it.”

“And if you can’t?”

“I’m not part of their war, Elena.” I tighten my hand around hers. “Now neither are you.”

Her eyes search mine.

“That sounds like something you decided without consulting any of the people currently at war.”

“It was.”

“Of course it was.”

The house appears beyond the trees.

Elena’s attention shifts toward it, and something in her face changes.

Her shoulders lower.