The others fell silent when Aiden entered his home. Janet smiling tentatively, pressed a protective hand to the child lying in her womb.
"Is she all right, Aiden?" She asked.
He nodded abruptly, curiously grateful for her concern. No one would question him, yet his behavior was completely out of character for him. He got right to the point.
"How did the assassins find her unprotected?"
The others looked at one another. Aiden was among the few that always found time to drill it into them never to forget the smallest details guarding their safety, but over the years it was so easy to forget, to slip up.
"Noami had her baby only two months ago. She was so tired all the time." Janet tried to excuse the slip.
"And Jared? Where was he? Why did he leave his exhausted wife unprotected while she slept?" Aiden asked softly, dangerously.
Byran, the man who had been in such trouble earlier(wanting to touch Freya), stirred uncomfortably.
