Chapter 22After everything he’d said, after all his words of warning, chiding her for even considering placing herself in jeopardy, hearing Dec ask for her help left Maya stunned, standing there gaping at him as if he’d grown a second head.
“What happened to it not being safe?” she asked.
Though he never once looked away from her, the supplication in his eyes unmasked his fear far better than anything he might’ve said. He’d worn the entreaty like a shroud when he’d stepped through the doors, but Maya had assumed it was there for Danny. It was frightening to think that it was there because of her.
“It’s not,” he agreed. “And if I thought there was any other way to do this, I would never have come back here. But I can’t think of it. And the longer I try to protect you, the greater the pos
