Unhinged (Necessary Evils, #1)

by Onley James

“He wasn’t your dad.” Noah sucked in a sharp breath. “What?” “You were kidnapped from Mexico City when you were two years old. Either by Holt or by somebody who gave or sold you to Holt. He wasn’t your father.” Noah dropped to his knees in front of Adam, looking up at him, face pale. “That’s not true.” “We ran your DNA.” “What? How?” “I took your hair while you were sleeping and Calliope sent it to an ancestry website to see if we could find any familial matches.” Noah blinked rapidly, like he was attempting to process this information, his expression pained as he asked, “Why didn’t you just tell me?” Adam cupped his face. “Because if we couldn’t find your family or if it turned out you were put up for adoption or sold by your mom, I didn’t think you needed to know that.” “So, you just wouldn’t have told me?” Noah asked, not exactly accusatory but close. Adam swallowed. “Probably not. It would have done you less harm not to know. But you weren’t given away or sold. You were taken. You have a family. Cousins. Siblings. A mom. We have their information if you want to get in touch.” Noah’s face was hot beneath Adam’s hands, his eyes wet with unshed tears. He pushed Adam’s hands away and stood, wiping at his eyes with the back of his hands. “What I want is to go see what’s in that storage unit.” “Are you mad at me?” Adam asked, unsure if he’d somehow betrayed Noah. Noah shrugged. “I don’t know. I don’t know how I feel. I get that your heart was in the right place, but it wasn’...