Dee asked as the door shut behind the other couple.“Nothing.”His tone a was total flatline, his face a blank mask. But not his eyes.Dee’s arms went around him. He stiffened, but he didn’t reject her, even when she pressed him closer to her body. She tried to give comfort, knowing he couldn’t ask for what he needed. She didn’t know how she was aware that his normally slow heart rate had risen to racing.After a while, he touched her, putting his hands awkwardly on her shoulders. “There’s nothing to talk about,” he said. “Don’t ask.”“Then simply tell me.”Piper pulled away and turned his back on her. His muscles weren’t tense as steel anymore, but he was anything but relaxed. His voice stayed flat. “You heard what the female said.” He turned to look at her. “She was lying.”“I heard some of what she said.” Dee grew annoyed on the other mortal woman’s behalf. “Her name is Eden Wolf. Why would she lie?”“Who knows why mortals do anything?”She laughed harshly.
