Page 278 of Knot What I Expected

Her amber eyes flash.

Not tears this time.

Fire.

“Pull. Over.”

“Gabriella—”

“You need a plan, and you can't fucking plan while you're driving like a maniac.”

“I am not driving like a maniac.”

“You just took that curve at sixty.”

“I know this road.”

“You're growling at the road.”

“The road isn't the problem.”

“Rowan!”

“Fine.”

I slam the brakes harder than necessary and pull onto the shoulder. Gabby unbuckles immediately. I turn toward her.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m going with you.”

“No.”

“I wasn't asking.”

“No.”

She stares at me. I stare back.

The matebond is fucking chaos.

Her terror.

My rage.

Her determination.

My need to wrap her in six feet of fucking bubble wrap and hide her in the safest place on the planet.

“I’m taking the main trail to meet Ethan,” she says.

For one second, I’m convinced I heard her wrong.

Then Monster loses his shit.

NO.

“Absolutely fucking not.”