“Don’t say that.”
“Tell me, then. Tell me what’s going on. Let me in!” She gestured with both hands.
“I—”
Reed bellowed and pounded the door again. “Gael! If you don’t come now, it’s a forfeit, and I’m letting them go!”
I growled low in my chest as I held up a finger to Leigh. “I’ll tell you everything. Just let me deal with this first, okay? I promise. The whole story.”
She pursed her lips angrily, but nodded.
I strode to the door and ripped it open.
“Don’t look at me like that, I’m not the one who challenged them.” Reed turned and stalked off, muttering under his breath and pointedly not waiting for me to follow.
When I cast a look back at Leigh, she was already at my side, arms crossed. “Well, if you’re going to do this, don’t expect me to sit around and wait for you to come bac
