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The love of his life.
He had to do what he could to protect her, and killing his father was the only way.
Chapter Thirteen
Murdering Paul Savonas.
Killing him.
Ending his life.
All Tamsin could think about was if she could do it. Mason was behaving differently. She couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but she knew he was coming to a decision, and she had a horrible feeling it had to do with his father.
They were sitting in the garden, and she looked over at Mason to see him lost in thought. It had been a long time since she had seen him like this. David had left for the evening.
“Did you have a good day today?” Tamsin asked.
Mason lifted his head to look at her. “I went to see Jacob. Your brother.”
She put her glass of lemonade down. This was unexpected. “You did, how is he?” she asked.
“He’s good. I know he misses you.”
Tamsin licked her dry lips. “I miss him sometimes. I miss them all.” She had been thinking about what Landon said, as well as what David said. The story of his dad, and how he nearly died.
They had gotten time together, and David had treasured all the moments, but burying him years later still came with pain. Tamsin knew the life they led, there was always a chance she might have to bury one of her brothers. It wasn’t something she ever wanted to do.
For two years, she had been angry with them, and her rage had felt justified, but thinking about one of them passing didn’t make her feel anything but sad.
“You should accept their call, Tamsin. You need to make things right with Jacob and the others.”
“Mason, what is going on?” she asked.
“Nothing. I just…” He stopped and didn’t say another word.
“You haven’t found her, have you?” Tamsin asked.
“I have no idea where my father has taken her. Time is running out, Tamsin. The Delcoties will be within their rights to strike, and I know that if I was a Denton, I wouldn’t back us.”
“They’d turn against you,” Tamsin said.
“Wouldn’t you with everything that’s happening?”
“Is that why you want me to talk to my brothers now? When war starts, there won’t be any time?” Tamsin asked.
Mason got to his feet. “I need to take a walk.”
She didn’t argue and he didn’t wait for her to argue with him. Tamsin watched him go, walking in the opposite direction of the house.
Tamsin looked down at the lemonade that he hadn’t drank, and then she got to her feet. Never in all the time she had known Mason had he ever behaved like that. He looked completely lost, and she hated it.
Without thinking about her next course of action, she walked back into the house, going straight to Mason’s office, where she could have privacy and the telephone. It didn’t take her long to find the Dentons’ numbers, especially Jacob’s, so she typed it in and waited.
Jacob answered on the fourth ring.
“I’m going to start thinking you like me with all these phone calls and visits.”
Tamsin froze. She knew it was her brother and she had nothing to fear but that didn’t stop her from feeling … anxious.
