The Guardian's Mate
Beside me, I felt Damian go very still, the same realization apparently dawning in him a beat behind me.
"You have no idea what you're talking about," I said, though the words came out far less steady than I wanted them to.
"Don't I?" Adrian's eyes glinted, satisfaction radiating off him now that he'd finally gotten the reaction he was clearly fishing for. "I know quite a lot, actually. More than you'd probably be comfortable with. I know about the Guardians. I know about the wolves you've lost keeping this town's secrets buried. And I know—" he paused deliberately, letting the silence stretch just long enough to feel like a blade being drawn slowly from its sheath, "—about the human girl yo