Page 386 of Good Boys Don’t Bite

“No.”

“You cannot keep saying no every time I need to do something you don’t like.”

“Watch me.”

“Ronan.”

“Nathan nearly killed us.”

“He also knows Saint.”

“Claims.”

“Yes.”

“He wants you there because he wants access to you.”

“I know.”

“Then why give it?”

“Because Saint has my mother kidnapped, took Claire, took Dylan, watched us sleep, listened to us have sex, and apparently knows more about my murders than police.”

Ronan glanced around.

“Volume.”

“No one heard.”

“Still.”

Elliot lowered his voice.

“I need to know.”

Ronan stared. That word. Need. Saint had built an entire relationship around it. Nathan had too. Ronan asked:

“Why?”

Elliot blinked.

“What?”

“Why do you need to know?”

“To stop Saint.”

“Try again.”

Elliot’s jaw tightened.

“Ronan.”

“No.”

“Stop therapizing me.”

“You’re the psychology major.”