Chapter 44: ThomasDr Cliffe had ordered us out of Warrick’s room, and I followed Roddy down the hallway toward the stairs. Each stride proclaimed his anger, and he didn’t wait for me as he started down.
“Roddy.” I paused at the top of the stair.
He stopped a few steps below me, staunchly avoiding my gaze. “Why didn’t you let me deal with him? Don’t you understand yet what he was going to do to you? You’re in danger.”
“You’re the one who’s in danger,” I protested. This was not the best place to have this discussion, but I knew my lover wasn’t going to let it wait. “The wolf wants me, but he wants me alive, as his mate. He wants you dead.”
“Yes? Well, that’s the only way he’s going to get you—over my cold, dead body.” He brushed his death aside as inconsequential and mounted the stairs u
