"Maybe he's just a stubborn male. He's not going to talk about his feelings, and if you ask he'll push away?"

Taking a final swig from her bottle, she set it aside with a heavy sigh, uncertain what else she could offer her old friend. Yes, she had experience with kids, but it was limited. And Zeke and Griffin hadn't been your ordinary strays. None of the kids she protected, moved to safehouses, sent to new, supernaturally-friendly families were exactly normal.

"There's no one right answer. You're going to have to play it by ear."