Chapter 37

He stops on the landing and turns to look up at me. “You stay. I’ll handle this. I’m the one he wants.” The tenderness of his voice throws me for a loop. I’m used to hearing him angry, annoyed, frustrated, or just completely impassive.

But this? He actually sounds halfway compassionate.

“Yeah, but it’s my kids he chose to stalk. Like some creepy fucking predator. And he’s scared the living hell ou