And then came the rest of the clothing.
At that point, Lennox would have cheerfully killed me to get to her, because he knew in a few seconds that Paige would become Madison. And there was no way he'd let a small little thing like faking their own death stop him from what he was programmed to do.
The noise he made when she finally shifted was insane. It was guttural, animalist, and he was desperate to get back the part of himself that he had lost when he let Maddie go. He'd missed her every single day.
I clamped my hands over my mouth to stop his growling coming out into the open and just stared at her. Not in a s****l way, although I'm sure that would have been how it looked in a court of law, but in a way where you get to see something perfect again for the second time in your life.
