“Can I hold him?” Ryland asked.
The hairs at the back of my neck stood on end as I instinctively took a step backwards until my back was pressed against the closed office door. I turned my body slightly away from him as he reached his hands out as if he were about to take Kieran from me. I wasn’t sure how my pup had still managed to remain asleep despite my sudden movements but I couldn’t help but be grateful for his sleeping form at that moment.
Ryland frowned as I turned my body away from him and instinctively kept my son away from his grasp, Ryland started at me with a hint of coldness in his eyes that I had never seen before, it caused my palms to grow cold and sweaty as I clung my pup to my chest.
“You can't keep him hidden from everyone forever Ersa, we’re all here to protect him
