*Loral*

Quickly, I weighed my options. I knew that if I went to dinner with Liam, he would ask about my fighting skills. I didn’t have answers for him… yet.

There was no logical excuse, and I didn’t think I could tell him the truth. Liam hadn’t exactly been the most approachable person since the first night we met in this life.

I glanced at Rex. He blinked, a gesture I recognized to mean that he had no opinion either way and didn’t consider it a ...