Jess was upset. More upset than he’d ever seen her. Admittedly, he hadn’t known her that long—it had only been a little over two months since they’d first discovered the existence of the humans in their little backwater systems—but in that time he’d been closely observing the human women, their manners and behaviors as well as their moods and emotions. He’d seen them scared, defiant, angry, amused, happy…
Jess was none of those things. Her shoulders were tight as she walked beside him toward his lab. Her lips were set in a pursed line and, as he cut a sideways glance down at her beautiful face, he swore he saw tears glinting in the corners of her eyes.
The sight made his heart ache, her closed off mood affecting him more than he cared to admit. What was it about one tiny human female tha
