My badass alpha

e past clashed with the uncertainty of the future. Logan's cold, unreadable e

dawn broke. The soft golden rays kissed the horizon, signali

the bed, and soon, little a

y voice was muffled a

her daughter's hair.

ith curiosity. "Are we g

breath. "Yes, baby.

ed. "I ca

how complicated t

-

it, yet nothing seemed to have changed. The towering structure, the well-kept gard

nter of the grand hall. His dark eyes met hers, and though his expression

arly," he

countered, keepi

ind him caught

ga

studied her. He looked so much like Gavin-so composed, so controlled. But there w

to him. "Loga

king over. He stopped a few feet away from Ir

hine she was, immediately reached

d. He simply studied her,

yra added with a proud

ssed into a thin

clenched at h

. "Are you

His expression faltered for a split

ain. "Then we

reath, watching

, he nodded sli

uch, but it

-

Iris and Logan sat across from each other in Gavi

r a long silence, his voice

d hard. "It's

y m

me." She glanced at Gavin, whose jaw tightened. "I was broken. A

ed. "You thought abandoni

don you." She leaned forward. "I thought you would be safe

le

curled into fists.

breath

ery day. I thought maybe you'd come back. That maybe y

"I know," she whispered. "And

e, but his eyes-the same eyes she sa

u

I can forgive y

"I don't expect you to. I just wan

mmediately. He simply

him go, her

e hadn't s

ow, that

-

ce between Iris and Gavin w

Gavin finally said, his voi

kno

sk, crossing his arms. "Did y

ightening around the armrest

for both of us, Iris. For him. You didn't

is words. "Would you

on hung be

sion darkened.

e than she th

smile. "Well, at lea

. "Honest? We've been lying

from the chair. "I didn't come here to f

rected, his voice lace

t, something stirred between them. Somethin

to look away. "I s

ore she could take a step, G

hed at the warm

nd pretend like nothing happened," he

to stay composed. "I don't expect th

ly, but he didn't let go. "T

pounding. "I expect to do whatever it

her pulse. The contact sent an electric current throug

pull her closer. But instead, he ex

don't expect him to

," she a

d away, leaving Gavin standing

into the hallway, h

aken the