Chapter 26
“Are you okay?” Ciaran held Madeline’s shoulders and looked into her eyes while they waited for the elevator in the foyer of One Hyde Park. “You were very quiet on the way back.”
She could give him a white lie to get this over and done with, but he had figured out she was lousy in that regard. And those intense gray eyes were so filled with genuine concern and emotion that she would feel like a b***h lying to him.
“Well, it’s not every day that I see someone die in front of me. You were shakier than me, though. I pulled you from the scene, remember?” She sighed. I lied to him anyway, she thought.
He lifted her chin. “On the contrary, you were too steady for the situation. And that’s what I’m concerned about.”
“Hey!” She pushed his hand away. “You think I eat people for brea
