"Your hair looks beautiful when you leave it down," Denzel said, his voice low. "And your eyes... they remind me of a vast sky full of stars."
"Really?" Juniper was stunned.
"Yeah. They seem to glow sometimes."
Juniper blushed, flustered by the compliment. It was so genuine that for a split second, her mind drifted to Dominick. She realized what she was doing and squeezed her eyes shut, trying to force the memory away.
Denzel saw her expression shift instantly. "What happened?"
"Nothing," she replied.
"Just tell me," he insisted.
She sighed, dropping her guard. "Don't be upset. I just thought about my ex. He never said things like that to me. It makes me wonder what kind of fated mates we really were. Was it just our wolves responding to each other, and nothing more?"
Juniper realized she should not have spoken about Dominick and her past.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring him," she murmured.
