I could feel Brennan’s eyes on me as we rode toward home. The child I had found sat in the saddle in front of me, legs to one side and body resting against mine. He was so very small. All I could hear were those sad little whimpers that had led me right to him. But, the way Brennan and Asher had acted when I came out of that room, it had been like I had walked out with the creature who had ripped those people apart instead of a child who had witnessed something traumatic.
Asher rode up next to me, the first time anyone had gotten close since I’d mounted with the child, and let out a sigh. “Kiera,” he said.
“If you are going to tell me I can’t keep him, you can stop talking now,” I said, my voice tight and my gaze locked straight ahead. I couldn’t help but tighten the arm I had wrapped ar
