The glint in her eyes told me that my peace-loving doctor would happily tear the guts out of whoever had done this, and something shifted in me again. She was right. I didn’t have time to be shocked right now, and I had to be clear-headed. Somebody had murdered my parents, and that low-life scum was going to pay.
I grabbed my wrinkled and now semidamp shirt, tugging it quickly over her head. Her cover-up was basically nothing, and I didn’t want her to catch a cold before we got back. I did pull on my sweats, and helped her step back into her bikini bottoms. She clutched the top in her fist as I scooped her up, ignoring her protests that she was fine.
“Let’s go.”
Gael moved instantly, but silently, giving me time to process as we ran through the now-dark forest. The sun had set while we
