~ KILLAN ~

I hadn’t intended to be a smartass all the time. I just hadn’t known how deeply my words had affected Eve on occasion.

When heat in her gaze fades, her scowl vanishing, I heave a sigh of relief.

“Have you changed the sparkplugs?” Tess asks, fidgeting as if she senses the tension in the room, even though she doesn't know it's between I and Eve.

Until she transforms, she won’t understand why she reacts in certain ways. A wolf ...