Meet the New Maeve-2

The tense standoff at the clubhouse door dragged on. I kept my emotional wall high, my fingers digging into the plastic of Peanut's carrier like a lifeline.

"She's still getting used to everything," Justice said, his deep voice breaking the heavy silence.

Cian shifted his gaze from me to the massive enforcer. He raised a skeptical brow. "Getting used to? What does that mean?"

From a few feet a