Chapter 26 — A True Protector

The whole hallway seemed to exhale the moment the elevator doors slid shut behind them.

Gabriel touched my elbow, uncertain.

“I’m so sorry I kept it from you for so long,” he said quietly.

“You kept my sister safe from them,” I said, and I looked him dead in the eye so he would know I meant every word.

“For five years, you stood between Gemma and the people who were supposed to love her and didn’t.

That is the only thing that matters to me.