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Nodding, I repeat to him. “1125. Why are you showing me this?”
“In case they come for you, Serena. I’m deadly serious about this. You need to hide in here if anyone breaks in. Anyone at all. Can you do that?”
Sweat beads my upper lip as I glare into the tiny box room. “It’s very small.”
“It is, but it will keep you safe, and that’s all I care about.”
“I have claustrophobia issues.”
“I know, that’s why I’m asking you if you can do this.”
“How do I get out?”
“Same panel and number on the other side.”
Nodding slowly, I inhale and then breathe out. “Okay, I can do that.”
“Good girl. Thank you. I know it will take so much courage for you to put your fears aside, but I can’t let anything happen to you, Serena.”
Buoyed by his praise, I beam. “I will do it for you.”
His sad smile confuses me momentarily. “You should do it for yourself, Serena, but I’ll take it.”
“My life is nothing without you.”
He grabs my hand again as he closes the secret door. “Mine is nothing without you, which is why I need you safe.”
“Are you really in the clear for John’s death?” This needs reinforcing. I will die if anyone takes him away from me, and I will kill anyone who tries.
“Yes, baby girl. You don’t have to worry about that.”
“Okay, now we are going to go downstairs and eat that magnificent meal that Rose has got cooking, seeing as I’m starving, and later you are going to tell me everything I need to do to get accepted into this Society. I won’t be sitting on the outside looking in. It’s how I’ve lived my whole life.”
“Not anymore,” Logan says, drawing me to him. “I’ll tell you anything you need to know, and I will facilitate your acceptance however I can, but know it won’t be easy.”
“Nothing worth it ever is.”
His blue eyes catch mine, and he gazes at me with such love that I nearly start crying again. “Truer words were never spoken.”
Chapter44
Logan
When we go back downstairs, Rose is on her way out.
“I’ll leave you two alone. Take the chicken out in an hour; the rest is on a slow boil and will be ready at the same time.”
Giving her a smile, which she returns almost knowingly, I chuckle and see her out, making sure to bolt the door behind her. I’m not taking any chances with Serena. Until my new position becomes official with Solitaire, she is locked up where I know she is safe. Guy is coming around later to change the locks to electronic ones, so if Quen or Isaac decides to just wander in like they’re used to, they will find it less accessible.
Moving to the kitchen, I turn everything off.
Serena pouts and tugs the tee further down. “Rose said an hour.”
“I know, but what I have in mind will take longer, and we don’t want it to spoil.”
A slight blush tinges her cheeks. “Okay, but before we do that, I need to say something.”
Stalking her, I narrow my eyes. “What is it?”
