"I brought her home," Mason repeated, his voice smooth as velvet, carrying a quiet authority that filled the doorway. "And I'm not leaving until I know she's taken care of."
Jade stared at her brother, her eyes wide with bewilderment. The air between the three of us snapped with tension, thick and unpredictable.
"Taken care of?" Jade echoed, looking between Mason’s rigid posture and my own unyielding stance. "Mason, it’s past midnight. She was upset at dinner, but why are you here? You hated coming into the city on weeknights."
"I don't leave people I care about in the middle of a storm, Jade," Mason replied effortlessly, stepping across the threshold without waiting for an invitation. He didn't invade my space, but his physical presence instantly dominated the small foyer. He looke
