Asher was waiting for an answer on how I noticed him following me, but I couldn’t tell him the truth. The emergence of my wolf was not a secret I was ready to tell him yet.
“I saw you turning at the streetlight,” I said. It wasn’t entirely a lie. That had been when I spotted him, but only because Lilith had mentioned it. “I just happened to be looking that way.”
His disapproval was apparent through the quiet on the line. I wracked my brain for a more believable excuse, until he surprised me.
“This isn’t why I called,” he said, voice low, like he was chastising himself. He huffed a breath, then asked, “Are you free tonight?”
“Tonight? I think so.” I couldn’t imagine why it would matter to him, unless he was trying to keep tabs on me again. “…Why?”
“Have dinner with me.”
Dinner? Was th
