“What makes you think she needs more time?” Callum asked.
Ryon grinned. “Call it instinct.”
Callum didn’t find anything amusing.
“Have you not noticed the change in her?” he queried.
Ryon’s expression turned serious and he shared, “Yes, Cal, I have and I don’t f**king trust it.”
Callum felt his blood run cold. “And why the f**k not?”
Ryon shook his head and his eyes went vague as did his tone when he said, “I can’t put my finger on it but I feel she’s holding back.”
It was then Callum’s hands clenched into fists.
First, if Sonia was holding anything back then the true Sonia would be beyond perfection which was impossible.
Second, because his cousin was still clearly keeping a close eye on his mate and he didn’t like it.
And last, because it felt like Ryon was trying to make Callum doubt his wife.
“I think,” Callum said calmly and evenly, a tone that Ryon knew and it caught his immediate attention therefore his distracted gaze cleared and focused on Callum, “that perhaps you should stop worrying about my mate so f**king much.”
“Cal –”
Callum leaned forward and said deceptively softly, “She’s my mate, Ry. Mine.”
“Cal –”
“Leave it,” Callum warned and Ryon leaned forward as well.
“Have you been talking to her as I told you to?”
“Leave it.”
“Cal, have you?”
“Yes, I f**king have. Now, f**king leave it!” Callum bit out.
Ryon scowled at him then sat back. Callum watched the muscle work in his cousin’s jaw for long moments before Ryon spoke again.
“You should know. I’ve given a vial of her medicine to a friend of mine who knows someone who can analyze it.”
Callum sat back too. “I thought we’d covered this. She’s had her abilities since birth.”
“I know. It doesn’t hurt to check though,” Ryon returned.
Callum stared at him before asking, “What are you thinking?”
“Well,” Ryon replied, still aggravated but, Callum sensed, not because of their earlier exchange of words. “I’ve had my fair share of experience with humans. I’ve never run across anything like her abilities.”
“Yes, we’ve had this conversation before.”
“It’s unusual.”
“Yes.”
“I don’t like it.”