Page 108 of Stitches

I shifted closer to Sin. He looked down at me, his brows crinkled.

“It’s cold. I need to get her back to the house,” Sin continued, tearing his focus from me and looking back to Cady.

“I can take her,” Cady said immediately.

“No. I’m doing it.”

“Like fuck you are, you psycho. You tried to kill her in a fucking box with that other ass cracker. Not happening.”

“It is happening.” Sin nodded for me to follow him. I didn’t hesitate this time. I wanted away from the guy Cady was with, and when I got a chance, I’d try to tell her to stay away from him too.

With his hands in his pockets, Sin led me through the courtyard, his head down while snowflakes fell heavier around us.

“I’m coming with you.” Cady caught up to us quickly. “There’s no way in hell I’m letting you take her alone.”

“Whatever,” Sin muttered.

Great. The guy was still with her.

Sin cast me a quick look as Cady’s guy walked beside me, Cady on his other side.

I was ready to run. The discomfort was too much, and he was just too close.

Sin shifted quickly, moving so he was between me and Cady’s guy. He cast me a quick look before going back to ignoring me.

I breathed out, grateful he’d caught on.

When we reached the house, I practically darted inside, Sin close behind, followed by Cady and the creeper.

“Hey, babe,” Ashes greeted me, getting to his feet. Stitches sat on the couch staring at a wall. “What’s going on?”

I ran straight to Stitches, forgoing Ashes and crawled onto Stitches’s lap.

“Mm, angel,” he murmured, holding me against him and settling back against the couch cushions. “How was your day?”

He seemed almost normal, but I could sense the undercurrent of sadness in him. He hadn’t even acknowledged Sin or anyone else who had come in with me.

I kissed him, and he wasted no time taking it to another steamy level.

Somewhere in the distance, Cady cleared her throat.

“Not sorry,” Stitches said, ending our kiss but looking to where everyone was standing. His brows crinkled when he saw Sin.

“Asylum wanted some free time today, so I made sure she got to classes and home,” Sin explained quietly. “Cady found us at the end of the day and followed.”

“I just wanted to make sure the asshole wasn’t taking her out to the lake to drown her or shove her into another box,” Cady snapped back.

“OK. And…Adam?” Ashes asked, looking at the guy who stood beside Cady.

“Yeah. Larson,” Adam said, giving Ashes a slight nod and glancing over to where I was. I hoped he was looking at Stitches, but the next words out of his mouth definitely weren’t in reference to him.

“What’s your sister’s name?” Adam asked.

Cady looked at me. “Sirena.”

“Sirena,” Adam murmured. “I like that.”

It was Cady’s turn to frown. I snuggled closer to Stitches who kissed the top of my head.

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