I wanted to punch him for looking so relaxed while I was going through the wringer, but his clear head was helping me, as usual, so I kept my fists to myself.
“I’m thinking about everything and questioning it. She irritates me, but I think that might be me trying to fight back an attraction I wasn’t ready to acknowledge.”
“That’s good. Honesty can only make the process easier. Maybe if you stopped fighting all this for once, things would just click into place.” He checked his watch and shook his head. “You better get a move on, though. We’ve got to leave for the council soon.”
I cursed under my breath and pushed back from the table. I wanted to dig deeper, but pack business couldn’t be allowed to slide, even if it felt like my own life was crumbling to pieces.
When I backed into the ro
