Hadlee was tucked into her bed, early for her but the child was exhausted. It wasn’t even nine yet, but she was snoring as if she were played out. Briar was now in her own room avoiding Liev who was waiting for her in the living room. She had told him she wanted to put her pjs on, but she was really hiding from him. She was pissed. The more she thought of it, the angrier she was getting. She was a hundred percent certain the only reason he had shown up tonight to discuss Hadlee had only been because Garold had called in her conversation with Evander. He was a possessive asshole. “You cannot hide in here forever,” he mocked her from the entrance to her room. She looked up from where she sat on the edge of her bed with her head in her hands and glared at him. “You’re a jerk.” He frowne