#54

Eve's POV:

"Was everything okay?" I asked Ryan and made room for him to sit next to me on the bed.

"Yeah," he said too quickly, and I frowned.

I suspected he was hiding something, but if he didn't want to tell me, I wouldn't press him. He settled down next to me, and his scent drove me crazy again. I forced myself to concentrate and not think about the insistent reminder of our bond to bond a second time.

''Today I thought we should visit the woman Alpha Jensen had told me about. He had said if anyone knew how to get your wolf back, it was her,'' Ryan said, looking at me to gauge my reaction.

"I couldn't wait," I replied with a smile.

"I hoped it would help you. I felt it was my responsibility to get your wolf back; you lost her because of me."

"That wasn't important right then," I said and got up from the bed to give myself some distance from him.

The emotions coursing through me were like a whirlwind, a mixture of nostalgia, desire, and curiosity. All these new feelings were both e