Jonas had never thought of Francesca as defenseless before, and he found it difficult not to worry that Karoline was downplaying the severity of his mate’s situation.
He closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down because his heart was thundering, and he felt a rush of anger at the thought of Oskar threatening Francesca.
He wanted to figure out some sort of plan for when they arrived, but all he could think of was how badly he had let Francesca down by leaving her there and that all he really wanted to do was to hold her and tell her that he was sorry and he hoped she could forgive him for leaving her like that.
“Francesca killed her father.”
Jonas made the statement plainly and with no hint of emotion in his voice.
“I heard that. Everybody did.”
“It wasn’t difficult for her. And
