Arkai flinched so hard his wolf ears slammed against the glass window of the car.
The back door had swung open without warning. No approaching footsteps, no shadow in the window. Just the sudden, inexplicable appearance of his very pregnant girlfriend sliding onto the seat beside him as though she had materialized from thin air.
"Oh, God, I didn't see you—did you sneak—" Arkai's hand flew to his chest, his heart hammering against his ribs. His wolf instincts, usually so sharp, had registered absolutely nothing. No scent. No sound. No movement in his peripheral vision.
She truly had not been there, and then there.
Cecilia blinked at his reaction, then chuckled sheepishly. She took off a small, unassuming ring from her finger and hid it. "It's a little trick I got." She slipped it back into her pocket silently.
