Chapter 597

• His response was not what she'd expected and she blinked at him in puzzlement. Where the hell had that come from, and what had he meant by it? She couldn't read anything from his expression and was starting to feel so off balance that she needed to get some kind of control over the situation.
• Cassia opted to be practical and ignore his last comment. "Pietro, why did you want to talk to me?" Her tone held more confusion than anything, until a thought suddenly struck her and her voice turned to a whisper. "Are you hungry?"
• He stiffened slightly; it was his turn to be surprised. For the space of a few heartbeats, they stared at each other and it was clear they were both reliving the moment by the lake. "No, I fed earlier before I came out," Pietro finally replied, a flicker of something mysterious that she couldn't quite decipher in his eyes.