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"In that case, we appreciate the offer"

"Do we have to ride in that orange disaster?" Daesplosion," I told hiood vehicle," Gabriel said "And now it’s got four inflated tires"

I gave hirin "You’re really handy in vaencies"

"It’s a narrow field," Gabriel said, rising fro over ht there"

"No worries," Ethan said, without a hint of irony "I’ve ruined her for other men"

Given the fire in his eyes, I had no plans to test that theory

Ethan took the wheel of Orangesplosion, and I took the passenger seat Da frame into the backseat

"How’s Boo?" I asked, e climbed into the car

Boo Garza was Daicalthe vehicle’s grip handle as we buainst the ceiling to keep his head froainst it "Smart Opinionated Cute as hell"

"And how’s Eer sister, a lovely brunette who obviously had eyes for Damien I didn’t know either Daether hinted at so between theainst intense eyes focused on keeping Orangesplosion on the road in the pitch-black night Is this the most appropriate venue to quiz the man on his relationship?

You just told a house full of shifters that you’d ‘ruined me for other ot a boyfriend," Dalad he was in the backseat and couldn’t see my reaction to that answer I’d seen Emma’s eyes when she watched Damien There was more than casual interest there Lust would have been understandable, but it wasn’t just that There was respect Awe Appreciation Love, s of it, and I’d seen reciprocal eine she’d have taken on anyone else

"Huh," was all I could think to say "And will I get in trouble if I say she’s being duhtly, and he kept his gaze on the road through the side"Probably"

"Can I sit her down and give her a talking-to?"

His ses "No"

I huht But you decide you’re ready for that heart-to-heart, and I’esplosion may have had new tires, but that didn’t ravel road Fortunately, the Clan wasn’t far from Ravenswood I bounced in the seat for ten , paved road that curved through a stand of pole-straight pine trees stretching into the dark sky We e empty of trees but littered with residual pine needles