I rushed toward him, greeting him as soon as he came in the door. “Ivan, what’s going on?”
He looked around.
“The kids are in the living room,” I said.
“Step outside. I don’t want them to hear.”
I followed Ivan out onto the porch. After he closed the door, I started again. “Ivan, please. This is making me paranoid.”
“You have a right to be concerned,” Ivan said, and then told me about the man, how he was worried for his safety against Darius and his family, and how Ivan had given him residence on the edge of the pack where he would be watched by guards.
“He saw Leo,” I said. I had thought talking to Ivan would relieve my fears. Instead, they intensified tenfold.
“He did,” Ivan confirmed.
“Why didn’t you tell me about this, the moment that you knew? I never would have taken the kid
