Striking Back

ROWAN’S POV

Then the door flies open.

Vance is there like an avenging demon. He doesn’t hesitate or ask needless questions. He grabs Trent by the front of his sweater and flings him across the room like he weighs nothing.

Trent crashes into the wall hard enough to crack the plaster, and Vance positions himself between us, every line of his body radiating violence barely contained.

“I warned you on