Down In Flames by Savannah Kade

Author:Savannah Kade
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Griffyn Ink

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

He'd almost slammed the brakes at the last thing Tierney had said, but this made it even harder to hold onto his focus.

That she was calling Elliot Vander clef a murderer was news. Ronan clarified, "He threatened to murder you?"

Tierney shook her head. She was looking out the window, but he could tell she was irritated at him. Not that he knew why. Her jaw clenched. "It was more than that."

"What, Tierney? What did he do?" She'd told him a lot about Vander clef, but Ronan would have remembered if there was murder in the listings.

"One of the guys I dated ... I can't prove it, but I found a few things."

"I don't understand. How is that murder?"

She sucked in a breath. "I went on one date with this guy and that night, after he dropped me off, he got mugged. Stabbed. He died from his injuries in the hospital."

"It could be a coincidence."

"It's not a coincidence, Ronan!" Her words were sharp, her anger aimed right at him. "And this is exactly the problem!"

He wanted to make her not angry at him. Why was she mad at him? He wanted to yell, What, exactly, is the problem? Because it seemed to him that her stalker was the problem, not Ronan trying to help. But he didn't have to ask.

"The problem is that you don't believe me. You think you're some superhero-firefighter-god who can handle anything that comes at you! But you can't!"

"Ouch." The word fell out. The hit was more than damaging to his ego. It was bad enough that she thought he was so arrogant. He knew better than most that people weren't as immortal as they liked to believe. But it also hurt that she clearly thought he couldn't take on this Elliot Vander clef dude. He almost said, "No offense, Tee. But I think I can handle a little posh fancy boy like that." Nevermind that Vander clef was over six feet tall. At least Ronan was, too.

None of what he wanted to say mattered. Tierney's anger was rolling off her in waves. "You don't believe me. You think I'm overreacting, but you weren't there."

The last part at least was true. He had no doubts that whatever Vander clef had done, he’d frightened her. Ronan didn't think she was overselling that. Taking a deep breath, he tried to navigate the choppy waters of her anger. "I don't think you're overreacting." It wasn't really a lie. "But I do think your perspective might be different. You were sixteen the last time you were around him. He must have seemed larger than life."

She let out an ugly sigh. Still angry? "Yes. I was only sixteen, but I still remember his words. I remember how he came in and threatened my parents—"

"I don't hold up to threats—"

"Yes, you do, Ronan!" She yelled it at him, her anger bouncing around the small car and hitting him from all sides. "Yes, you do! You will when he's threatening your parents and your brothers.

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