Chapter 6 A Mother's Plea

~DONOVAN~

I kept my hands shoved deep inside my tailored trouser pockets, my jaw locking so tight my teeth ground together. I stared down the woman standing frozen just a few feet away. Valerie. The same woman from the hotel. The air inside my sprawling, sunlit study suddenly turned heavy, thick with an unspoken tension that scraped painfully against my nerves.

My brows furrowed into a sharp lin