Any lingering anger at Rohan evaporated after my visit with my mom. She and I had wasted too much time on misplaced emotion and misunderstanding and I wasn't about to do the same with him.

Ro waited for me on the front stairs at Demon Club, but he jumped to his feet when he saw my red-rimmed eyes. "What happened?"

"A good thing." Things weren't fixed between Mom and me, but they weren't broken either and that was better than they'd been in a long time. I kissed him. "I ...