“You can play games with Ronan, but you can’t play games with me,” Declan said tightly. “You had him for a few months. I had him my entire life. I spent my childhood keeping him from danger, and what did you do with him? Ruin his life. Throw away everything he’d built.” Bryde said, “Tell me, older brother: Did you want to keep him from danger or to keep him from being dangerous?”
