Chapter 21 An Almost-date

• Asher was waiting for an answer on how I noticed him following me, but I couldn’t tell him the truth. The emergence of my wolf was not a secret I was ready to tell him yet.
• “I saw you turning at the streetlight,” I said. It wasn’t entirely a lie. That had been when I spotted him, but only because Lilith had mentioned it. “I just happened to be looking that way.”
• His disapproval was apparent through the quiet on the line. I wracked my brain for a more believable excuse, until he surprised me.