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murders that appear to be politically motivated.”
    He nodded, using his forefinger to whisk a few hairs out of his eyes. “So I watch your backs and keep my eyes open for anything useful.”
    I nodded. “Pretty much. Leglin’s going to be watching all of our backs.”
    “Okay, can do.” He leaned forward to look past me at Nick. “Nice truck.”
    “Thanks.”
    “What kind of gas mileage does it get?”
    I managed to keep from sighing as they began talking trucks. At least they were getting along, without any sniping from Nick. That was kind of interesting, since he’d taken an intense dislike to Logan practically on sight, and had tried to talk me out of having anything to do with Terra. He was convinced Logan was interested in me, even though Logan had never flirted or anything.
    Logan was friendly, but no more so than either Damian or David, two of my witch buddies. Maybe Nick wasn’t being his usual jealous self because I’d already stepped into the shifter political arena by helping Logan run the Douche and his followers off a couple of times? Like a spilled milk kind of thing?
    Of course, my boyfriend had spent a few days trying to convince me to renounce being their ally, but he’d finally given up when I told him I wouldn’t go back on my word. We hadn’t discussed it since.
    Which was fine by me, because we argued about plenty of other things. For someone who’d said he loved me and had been prepared to propose, Nick had a lot of trouble accepting me for who I was.
    That didn’t exactly bode well for a future together, but I was willing to let things go for a while. He was the first boyfriend I’d had who took extra time in the bedroom to make certain I had as much fun as he did, and without my having to explain or ask.
    He was a good kisser, and near expert-level cuddler. Plus, he was hot.
    Wow. I had a bit of a shallowness problem going on. Definitely something I should work on. It wasn’t as though Nick didn’t have other, more important qualities. He was faithful, had a good sense of humor, and had proven more than willing to put himself between me and physical danger. He was open to trying new things, and he really seemed to like spending time with my family, little brothers and all. A pretty good guy and person.
    Whether he was the right guy for me long term, well...I’d reserve judgment.
    “Earth to Cordi.”
    I blinked, realizing we were pulling into the parking lot of my favorite Italian restaurant. “What?”
    “We’re here. What are you thinking so hard about?” Nick guided his truck into a parking space.
    “Girl stuff.” Thinking about your boyfriend totally qualified. “Sorry, truck talk zones me out.”
    Inside, we placed our orders, and I looked at Soames after our server brought our drinks and left. “Logan said you’d been with him the longest.”
    “First chosen for Terra’s clan. I was six.”
    I knew Logan was twenty-nine, and had been appointed Terra’s Protector at age twelve. That meant Soames was twenty-three. “Soames is your last name, right?”
    “Yes. According to my mother when she’s mad, my name is Dane Alexander Soames.”
    I laughed. “My mom does that too, even to my dad. Makes us both cringe because we know we’re in for it when she hauls out all three names.”
    “Exactly.” He looked at Nick. “Does your mother do that too?”
    “To Patrick a lot, but not so much to me. I don’t make her mad very often.”
    “It doesn’t surprise me that you’re the good son, and he’s the hell raiser,” I said. “Not even a little bit.”
    Nick scrunched his face. “He’s not a warl...oh, that’s one of those weird human sayings.” He pursed his lips. “Yep, he’s the hell raiser. It’s really annoying.”
    “He’s really annoying.” I changed the subject, because Patrick wasn’t a favorite one. Nick’s older brother had a thing for hitting on his little brother’s girlfriends. Patrick had told me so himself, right after hitting on me,