We pretend like yesterday never happened as much as we could but it could be seen by everyone that something had shifted between us.

I was relatively calmer this morning so Evelyn joined me in the kitchen again. I was teaching her how to make pancakes from scratch and breakfast muffins when the guys walked in. They went out for a short patrol after training and I was mixing the last of the batter when they walked in.

Alessandro gave me a side eye before approaching me, “Are you going to bend my finger again?”

“I would break your nose instead,” I said casually, “But I happen to like your...