SINDRA POV “Well, you don’t need to worry about that with me.” Dimitri winked. “I would never do such a shitty thing. You didn’t deserve that.” It felt good to have him validate my feelings. The next time I smiled at him, it was a much more genuine one. I grabbed my drink and took a giant swing, deciding to loosen up as much as I could. “Well, I’m hopefully going to have a better night tonight.” “I will make sure of it. Order whatever you want.” There was a sense of joy sitting in the pit of my stomach as we placed our order, because I felt happy here. Safe, like I could just let out my irritable, feistier side. I didn’t know Dimitri very well—he was simply a member of the bear shifter crowd that came to Rovers Inn all the time—but there was a little something about him. Something tha

