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against anyone, but he’d seen Drogan tossed about like a child. The
thing that had attacked Drogan wasn’t human, of that Grayson was
certain.
    Adrianna’s hand touched his
arm sending a spark like lightning through him. He met her pale
blue gaze and felt his balls tighten in need.
    “ I see the secrets in your
eyes,” she whispered. “I cannot discern what they are, but they are
numerous. Could any one of those be linked to the evil?”
    Without a
doubt . Grayson had been young when he was
yanked from his mother’s arms, but he could still hear her begging
the man to let her go.
    “ I’ve lived most of my life
as a secret,” he admitted. “My mother’s parting words to me had
been to hide and stay hidden. It’s what I did. What I do. It’s all
I know.”
    “ Yet you’re on the road to
Hawksbridge. What do you seek there?”
    Could he tell her? Did he dare? “Answers,”
he finally said.
    “ Why there?”
    He covered her hand with
his own, loving the feel of her soft skin. “It was the last place I
remember.”
    “ I must warn you that, if
you proceed, it will most likely bring about your
death.”
    That made him sit up
despite the weakness. He swung his legs over the side of the bed,
ignoring the pain in his shoulder as his legs fell on either side
of Adrianna.
    “ Did you look into my
future?” he demanded.
    She hastily shook her head
and leaned back. “Nay. It’s only a feeling.”
    He gripped her arms. “Then look into my
future.”
    “ You don’t really want me
to.”
    “ I do. I need to know who
took my mother.”
    She stilled. “Someone took your mother?”
    He released her and raked a hand through his
hair. Saints, he was tired and hurting. “I was only a small child.
I don’t remember much.”
    “ What do you
recall?”
    Her hands lay on his thighs
and made his cock harden instantly, painfully. He cursed his body
and tamped down the growing desire flooding his blood.
    “ I remember my mother being
frightened, begging me to get somewhere safe, but I didn’t
understand. I didn’t want to leave her. Then men surrounded us. She
wrapped her arms around me to protect me, but I was almost
immediately yanked from her grasp. She had been so worried about
me, but it wasn’t me they took, but her. I can still hear her
screams.”
    Adrianna’s heart ached for Grayson. She
couldn’t imagine anyone suffering through that, but most especially
not a child who couldn’t understand. She cupped his face, wishing
she could ease some of his pain. “You’ve been on your own since
then?”
    “ Aye. I ran as far and as
fast I could go.”
    “ You were only a child.
It’s not as if you could have fought the men.”
    His silver gaze burned with anger and
resentment, with a need for vengeance that made her breath catch.
“I can now.”
    She dropped her hand and straightened. “Is
that what you intend? To charge into Hawksbridge and battle every
knight there?”
    “ If need be until I have
the answers I need.”
    “ You won’t gather answers.
You’re going to your own death. How will that help your
mother?”
    He lifted his chin, his face grim. “Do you
have a better idea?”
    Adrianna studied the warrior before her. She
had no doubt he would charge into Hawksbridge alone, and the
thought of such a man dying left a cold feeling in her stomach.
    “ I’ll help you.” As soon as
the words left her mouth, she wondered at her sanity.
    His brow furrowed deeply. “Why?”
    “ Why indeed,” she murmured
more to herself than Grayson. She rubbed her hands together.
“Aren’t you the least bit curious as to why the evil that attacked
Drogan is now after you?”
    He all but rolled his eyes. “Of course. Lest
you forget, I’ve seen that thing in battle. An army couldn’t
withstand its attack.”
    “ There has to be some
connection between you, your mother, Hawksbridge and the evil. I
just cannot figure out what it is. Yet. But I can guarantee if you
discover the connection between you and