DEAN

“You went out of your way to send my girlfriend off,” I said, assuming a more relaxed posture as I stared at the aloof man sitting across me. “So why the silence? Or is this supposed to be a staring contest?”

Julian Caldwell, in all his frosty glory, didn’t even blink.

People say time changes everyone—but apparently, Julian was the exception.

He’d been like this since we were kids: a block of ice that never melts.

…Although, come to think of it, maybe that wasn’t entirely true.

When Lilith thanked him just now, I could’ve sworn I saw his ears turn pink.

The memory made the corner of my...