My phone buzzed on my desk, pulling me from thoughts of Val's strange scent slips. Cain's message: Virex, my office. Now.

I cursed under my breath, my jaw tight. Val had been off all day, his blue eyes avoiding mine, his small frame tense. I heard Cain had invited him to his office, but that's just about it.

I didn't know what their discussion was and I doubted Val would've opened up to me about it.

Despite that, the bond that has been increasingly annoying kept tugging me towards him. It ...