Chapter 72 Under My Guard

***Gideon***

I don’t slow my pace as I lead her down the hall.

I don’t look back either.

If I do, I’ll soften. And she doesn’t need softness right now. She needs certainty.

My bedroom door opens with a quiet click, and the space beyond it never fails to feel like a contradiction even to me.

The rest of the house is built like a fortress. Steel. Stone. Glass reinforced to withstand impact. Cameras,