Chapter 29Rowan looked ready to tear Mr. Ortiz apart and feed the scraps to the sharks. Alec had no idea what had really been going on in the bathroom, or who it was who’d been caught out by Mr. Ortiz’s trap, but he kind of loved Rowan in that moment for the ferocity he displayed protecting him and Mom.
“Define booby-trapped,” Rowan said, his glittering eyes fixed on Mr. Ortiz.
Mr. Ortiz clicked his tongue in reproof. “What a shame. All looks and not a single functioning brain cell.”
“He let himself in last night when Mom was at work,” Alec said before Rowan did something stupid like shift and jump Mr. Ortiz before they found out if there were more traps that could be set off. The situation was precarious enough without a furious panther on the warpath. “He’s got the whole house wired.
