Page 83 of Craved By the Mountain Man

Declan is still trying to breathe when I reach him.

He looks up.

Bad choice.

“You put your hands on her.”

“I didn’t—”

I grab his shirt and slam him against the wall.

“You did.”

His face drains.

“Gavin.”

Hannah.

Just my name.

Enough.

I let him go.

He drops.

Sirens sound in the distance.

Good.

Kaden’s people kept them contained.

Law enforcement can finish it.

Hannah comes to stand beside me.

Declan looks up at her.

“Hannah, please.”

She stares down at him.

The woman who came through my door two nights ago was terrified.

This one isn’t.

“How many women did you hand over?”

Declan says nothing.

His face answers for him.

Hannah swallows.

“I didn’t hurt anybody. Hannah, I loved you.”

She laughs once, without humor.