Chapter 113

Sebastian

The sight that greeted me in the guest room doorway made my blood run cold.

Poppy was naked and trembling, holding the one object in this house that could destroy her entire world. I knew this day would come; I had just hoped she wouldn’t find out until I'd taken care of everything.

“Oh whew, it’s just Sebastian,” Riley’s shoulders slumped, then they stiffened again. “Wait, what if he’s also-“

Poppy’s eyes, wide and swimming with tears, locked with mine.

In an instant, she was moving. She scrambled across the room, a frantic, naked dash, and crashed into me, pressing the leather book against my chest like...