Tension

“Why did you reject her offer? Did you see how hurt she was that you had turned her down?” Jutul asked Storm immediately they parked at the clan’s garage. There was annoyance and yearning in his voice but Storm wasn’t concerned about that.

Without a word to Jutul, she opened the door, and walked out of the car, hurrying toward Kaden’s residence. But Jutul wasn’t giving up on getting answers so easily. Within a mere second, he was walking beside Storm, not daring to grasp her by the arm and demand an answer from her. He still loved his life.

“What is it, Storm? What happened?” His voice was calmer, a surprise to Storm. It was like he had somehow thought on her behavior in the nanoseconds before he got to her.

“Why did you turn down Amina’s offer to check out the house? Is it because you are avoiding a situation where she demands the same from you?”

That could be a good reason. Storm thought. But it hadn’t even crossed her mind when she had been stuck in that situation. What had st