Evie’s POV
“You’re a fool, Ty,” I hiss as soon as we’re safely out of hearing range of the others. “Ian saw us leave together. What’s he going to think?”
“That I needed to check on you after my Beta defiled you?” Ty asks bitterly.
I glare up at him. “He didn’t defile me. He kissed me—and it’s about time someone did.”
He grimaces. That one clearly hurt. Good.
“Look,” he says, running a hand through his hair. “You know it isn’t that simple, Evie. You know I want to kiss you. I’ve told you a million times—”
“No,” I interrupt, trying to ignore how nice it sounds to hear him admit that he wants to kiss me. “You’ve barely spoken to me about this since we left Crescent City. Every time we do speak of it, you push it further down the road. When will it be time to talk about it, Ty? When we
