Then asked the question that had been haunting her since morning.
“Am I being paranoid…”
She opened her eyes slowly, staring at the ceiling.
“…or was Caleb unusually cold today?”
Silence lingered for a moment.
Then Avalon answered.
“You’re not imagining it.”
Iva’s chest tightened.
Her wolf continued quietly.
“Especially after everything that happened between you two.”
Images from the night before flickered through Iva’s mind again.
How many times he had taken her.
How intensely he had looked at her.
How possessive he had been.
How impossible it had felt to breathe when he was near.
Yet this morning…
Avalon finished the thought Iva couldn’t bring herself to say aloud.
“His attitude today morning…”
A small pause followed.
“Felt like a cold shower.”
The words hit harder th
