Adam nodded again, finally making eye contact.
Sebastian turned to go when Adam stepped forward, so he paused, brow raised in question.
“Are you going to see Tess?”
“Yes.”
“I like her. She’s… kind and pretty.”
“Yes, she is.”
Adam held his gaze. “And you like her, too.”
“Yes, I do. Tess and I have known each other most of our lives.”
Nodding as if he understood a complicated explanation, Adam said, “Then it makes sense.”
“What does?”
“You love her, and in a way that is different from how you love Leo or other Enhancers. She’s special to you. Probably the only one who has been special in that way.”
The words had the air backing up in Sebastian’s lungs. “Why do you say that?” His voice rasped in a harsh whisper.
“The way you look at her, how you walk when she is with you. I like h
