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Briar was walking around the Jeep and Adrienne threw herself away from him. She hit her hip on the railing and tumbled to the ground. God, what if Noah tried to keep her there?

Briar paused with a gutted look on his face. “It’s okay I won’t come any further,” Briar reassured her.

Mhane crouched next to her. “What happened?” Her tone was flinty, full of cold steel.

Adrienne saw the death of whoever had hurt her there and despite everything, she couldn’t have his death on her conscious.

“Get me out of here,” she pleaded. Mhane’s eyebrows rose.

Briar glanced at the home and then at her. “Noah?”

“He’s fine. Trust me?” Adrienne said while wanting to throw up. “I wouldn’t intentionally hurt him,” she sobbed.

Mhane yanked her close and glared at Briar. “We’re leaving.”

Briar held his hands up. “Hey. I’m not arguing. She smells like she’s grieving. Like she’s been gutted.”

Adrienne laughed darkly. He wasn’t wrong.

“I’ll contact the gate; tell them you’re moving something for me. They won’t look. You’ll have to hide her,” Briar told Mhane, and Adrienne’s shoulders dropped with relief.

Mhane hesitated, looking at Briar as he held the door open. There was a wealth of unsaid things in that look.

“Go,” Briar ordered and Mhane nodded and urged Adrienne into the back then threw a cover over Adrienne, obscuring her completely.

Chapter 14

Noah

“You have to tell her,” Drey said as he left Myers’ office.

Drey was right. It was time to tell her the truth. They had been living together, and she was his mate. “I can’t ask her to be my mate until I come clean, can I?”

“No, and she won’t be happy if she finds out later. Be prepared to grovel,” Drey grinned. “You’ve charmed her. You’ve supported her ambition to paint and encouraged her to follow her dream so that’s a start, but now you need to get on your knees and plead.”

“Knees and plead. I can do that,” Noah agreed. He would do anything for his tiny mate.

Though Drey looked less sure like he thought Noah might not be able to do it. Noah was still confident. Oh, he would prove Drey wrong.

Now to get back to his mate and tell her what he had done. Plus, begging on his knees could be pleasurable. At least for Adrienne. He grinned at that thought and gathered himself. Once he had done this, there would be no lies between him and his mate. They could start again. He could do things properly without the guilt and heaviness that came with not telling her the truth.

On his way downstairs he swore he caught Briar’s scent which made no sense considering he was with the females. He frowned as it strengthened and then faded. That couldn’t be right. If Briar didn’t bring Mhane, then Ren would be disappointed.

Reconnecting with her baby sister was an unexpected joy.

Adrienne had enjoyed their visit. And despite Briar saying Mhane snuck out in the middle of the night when she thought her security was asleep, so far nothing she had done had been in any way threatening towards them or Adrienne.

Noah put it out of his mind.

If they weren’t with Adrienne, then it gave him time alone with her. That was exactly what he needed so he wasn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth. Whatever that saying meant and why it included a horse as a gift he had no clue. The four-legged beasts were majestic enough, but he didn’t fancy climbing on the back of one.

Noah had no idea what he was planning to say only that it involved “Sorry” and “I love you.”

When he arrived home, it was quiet, and Adrienne wasn’t anywhere to be found. He scowled as he checked the home. He could smell both Briar and her sister. He didn’t give much thought to where they might have gotten to and instead started working on a meal for him and Adrienne.

Picking up his cookbook with the knowledge that his body would always be hers. He wanted to support her, even if it was only simple meals. Halfway through the meal, he started to feel sweat gathering around his neck. He opened the window when the air became stifling hot.

A wrongness assaulted him, and he fell back at the sharp acrid scent. Noah was almost on his arse as his head spun.

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