Chapter 83

"Okay, now do you want to tell me what the hell just happened back there?" Garrick moved his face close to mine and I edged backwards, the wooden shelves of the bookcase biting into my spine. "Back off, Garrick," warned Harper, gripping his brother by the shoulder and dragging him away from me. Garrick turned on him, shoving Harper hard in the chest and knocking him back against Benjamin's desk, fragile tomes tumbling to the floor and sending clouds of dust spiralling into the air. "Not this time, brother," Garrick glowered, his dark eyes blazing. But I could see something else there, a flicker of panic encroaching on his anger. "She almost brought us to our knees out there, just when everything was going so well. She could have destroyed everything we had planned. And if you think I'm going to let her off with a oh well Megan, don't worry, the fear gets us all sometimes, then you are way off the mark." So I knew then I hadn't been wrong about how the whole meeting had bee