What was that? Just what in the hell was that? The burn of jealousy is new and unwanted. When she mentioned my friend with that note of interest in her voice something inside me reared its ugly head. I know it’s ugly because the feeling was dark as fuck. Dark and almost feral.

I barely restrained myself from putting my hands around her neck and lucky for her, I heard the truth in her words when she said she was just curious because he looks so different from the rest of us. I’m not ...