Page 379 of Black Reign

“I should have been best man.”

“Absolutely not.”

“I should have given her away.”

“You had never met her.”

Drew points furiously at the screen.

“I met her before you did.”

“You saw a disguise.”

“I saw enough.”

Isa slowly turns toward him.

Drew notices.

His face changes.

“Not like that.”

“Careful,” I say.

He ignores me.

“And this is the thanks I get. I launch your love story, shepherd you through the emotional turmoil, personally stop you from assaulting an elderly man, and you run off to France and get married without so much as a fucking text.”

“You did not shepherd me through anything.”

“You smelled your jacket.”

Kane bends over laughing.

Vale closes his eyes.

Jalen makes a choking noise.

I stare at Drew.

“That was evidence collection.”

“You put your whole face in it.”

“I was identifying fragrance.”

“Orange blossom,” Drew says dramatically. “He practically inhaled the fucking lapel.”

“I hate you.”

Drew folds his arms.

“Still basically your matchmaker.”

Hannah laughs from somewhere behind him.

“I think he deserves partial credit.”