“I will not have you hurt!” I shouted.
“Life happens.” She shrugged but I recognized the iron will I’d come to admire rising within her. Hunt stood behind me, silently waiting for me to work through my raging emotions. He was calm, and I used him as an anchor.
“Hunt?”
“Smother her and she’ll choose another, someone strong enough to let her do what makes her happy.”
Fuck. When he put it like that, I felt like an a*s. She’d said as much in the cave, but I’d thought her to be bluffing. Perhaps not. I knew she was right, that Hunt was right, but I couldn’t stop the instincts raging in me to protect her, shelter her, keep her safe.
“You want to be a part of this forensic team?” I could barely speak the words.
I felt the need in her, the desire to be included, helpful. “Yes. And if you’d s
