~ KILLAN ~
I hadn’t intended to be a smartass all the time. I just hadn’t known how deeply my words had affected Eve on occasion.
When heat in her gaze fades, her scowl vanishing, I heave a sigh of relief.
“Have you changed the sparkplugs?” Tess asks, fidgeting as if she senses the tension in the room, even though she doesn't know it's between I and Eve.
Until she transforms, she won’t understand why she reacts in certain ways. A wolf always feels emotion, although they usually use the ability to sense feelings as a weapon. “That could be the problem,” Tess speculates.
“No, she hasn’t,” Barron interjects, placing his hand on Eve’s neck. “The car is a hunk of junk because she doesn’t care for it properly. She thinks all she has to do is feed it gas and oil, and all is well.”
Barron’
