Page 43 of Her Forbidden Shifters
“Avery has an heirloom she has kept for years. I believe I recall her telling me she kept it in her jewelry box and brought it out whenever she was missing our parents. It’s a charm of sorts. Much too big to wear, but it is our family crest. Do you think that could be what you need?”
“It’s better than what we had before,” Savannah said. “As soon as I’m done with this, I’ll leave to go get it. Alone.”
She settled her attention on me with her last word. Her brown eyes darkened, and her lips pressed thin. A small crease appeared right above the bridge of her nose. Damn, she was hot when she was mad. But if she thought that was going to be enough for me to let her walk out of the room without me, she had another thing coming.
“You’re not walking out of this apartment without me,” I said, putting my foot down.
“Watch me,” she said, taking a step toward the door.
I stepped around Liam and cut her off about two feet from reaching the knob and stared down at her with my arms crossed over my chest.
“Get out of my way,” she said.
“Not unless I’m coming with you,” I said.
She was so damn hot when she was mad. I knew what I was getting myself into. Fiery redhead, temper for days. Mm-mm. I wanted to take her right then and there and put her attitude right back where it needed to go, but there were two other people in the room that made that plan next to impossible. Never mind I still wasn’t sure where I stood with her.
“You two sound like a married couple,” Noah said.
“Shut up, Noah,” we both said to him.
He held up his hands in defense, chuckled to himself, and then settled back into his mattress to watch our argument. Savannah resettled her glare on me.
“I can take care of myself,” she said.
Liam sighed and took my seat before burying his face with his hands. “Enough with the bickering.”
“You did a bang-up job with that last night, right?” I asked.
“You’re impossible.” She crossed her arms over her chest. “Besides, I made it through the coven just fine.”
“The coven is a safe haven for you,” I said. “There wasn’t any danger in you going there.”
“That you know of,” she retorted.
“Regardless, my point is the same,” I said.
“I said ‘no,’” she yelled. Her fists were clenched tight at her sides. “Let me go.”
Maybe I was doing more harm than good. I probably needed to let her do this on her own. I might have been overreacting just a tad. There was something in her fury that made me realize I was going a bit too far.
Perhaps, it was the tears that started to fill her eyes.
Still, I wasn’t about to back off on this. My foot was down. But that didn’t mean I couldn’t take things a little easier on her. My voice was calmer when I said, “Look, you can believe whatever you want to about my motives. But I am not about to let you walk into another trap alone. I’m not going to let you walk out of this room and head into an unknown situation where you could get killed. I am going with you. Like it or not.”
“I’ll be fine,” she argued. “I’m a big girl. I can even dress and walk to school all by myself.”
I smirked. “I am not doubting your abilities, Savannah. Stop being so damned stubborn and let me come with you.”
Liam said. “You’re both wasting time arguing about this. The sooner you leave and grab the heirloom, the better.”
I settled my gaze on him. He shrugged and leaned back in the chair.
“Or continue to burn through every second over this, what do I know?” he muttered.
Savannah sighed, and said to Liam, “No. You’re right.”
I quirked an eyebrow.
