NINE
HARRY WANTED HER TO CONFESS the location of the Scepter. That was the only reason he was walking out and closing the door behind him.
The mood changed immediately. Her mood. The charge of magnetism that always pulled them together grew hot. That zap of electricity was impossible to ignore. They hadn’t been by themselves in too long.
It felt weird. Being with him. In the Beast. Alone. Not so many months ago, after losing her mom, she’d believed herself to be alone. That her family was gone. There she stood, in a place she considered home. With the man she wanted to be her future.
“Little Red—”
“Don’t,” she said, shaking her head, taking a deliberate step backwards.
“Baby—”
“Do not say goodbye to me, Daire Canon.”
As she turned, his single stride ate up the floor, he grabbed her
