Mature chapter.
Zuri
“What took you so long?” He was flipping through one of her books, studying the pages. He sounded perfectly at ease. She couldn’t tell if he was annoyed or not still. Probably a yes to that one.
Still, she knew. He didn’t want an answer. She fell for the question before, but knew better. Besides, what would she say? I almost begged Brandon, my actual mate, to kill you? What a cruel joke. Especially because Brandon wouldn’t be able to do it.
She set the tray of tea down on the bedside table for him. He watched her while stopped on a page, leaning against the bookshelf Brandon put in for her. She didn’t forget what Justin had earlier told her to do. Besides, he already cranked up his current device two notches.
It wasn’t the one that stretched and it wasn’t in the
