THIRTEEN
I KNEW THE SECOND GABRIEL entered Drake’s house. The air thickened, and seemed to vibrate with energy. I froze, the words I had been speaking drying up on my lips.
“May? Are you all right?” Aisling asked. She was tucked into bed, with Drake lounging beside her, both of them with attentive expressions on their faces as I told them about our adventures with Fiat and Baltic.
I leaped to my feet, every nerve in my body suddenly tingling as I raced out of the room and down the stairs. Behind me, I could hear Aisling asking Drake what was going on.
“Her mate is here.” His voice drifted out after me, but I paid little mind to my bad manners, intent on only one thing.
Gabriel met me halfway up the stairs, a frantic, desperate look in his beautiful eyes. I flung myself off the top of
