They are way too invested in this shit. According to them, I’ve been acting unlike myself ever since I brought her here, which I was surprised to recall had only been a few days ago. “So, like some love-sick puppy?” There was no inflection in my tone, so they looked at each other to see who knew which way the wind was blowing.

Mace, the behemoth, huffed out a breath and took the reins from the other two, who seemed to have already run out of steam. “It’s like this, we’ve ...