“Dude, say you’re welcome, geez. Use your words. Did your mother not teach you manners at all?”
“I smiled at her,” Tawk said. “I was smooth.”
She was pretty sure that’s what he said at least. A 90s hip hop dance song was kicking off, and the girls in the Crew were singing.
Cash was griping at Tawk, but it was Jess who caught her eye.
You okay?the witch mouthed.
Tammy nodded and exhaled the breath she’d been holding.
Much better now.
Chapter Four
Tawk couldn’t keep his eyes off her.
Tammy was so easy with her words, and her smile was back now that her ex was gone. He hadn’t planned on staying this long, and his social battery was drained, but he liked just sitting here with the Cold Foot Crew as they talked and sometimes hit the dance floor. Most of all, he liked to watch Tammy do her thing behind the bar.
Her eyes were the prettiest he’d ever seen. They were vibrant blue, like the ocean, and looked even brighter under her dark bangs, and with her shimmery dark eye make-up on. Tonight, she was wearing a burgundy tank top with a dainty gold necklace that had a hummingbird charm. She had little hummingbird earrings to match, and he wondered if she was one of those birdwatcher humans or something.
“She’s on a good path, man,” Kade said, sitting down in the seat next to him.
“She’s old to be in school.”
“Maybe don’t lead with that in a conversation with her,” Kade advised.
“She can’t hear me. She’s human.” Although shehadheard him just fine when he’d been talking to Wreck outside of her house.
“She wants a steadier job. She doesn’t want to struggle with money forever.”
Tawk nodded. He respected that. Independent woman doing better for herself. His mom was like that too.
“Why doesn’t she have any offspring?”
“Dude, be cool. That’s not something we’ve asked her.”
“Who is she close to? Harley and Jess? Can they ask her?”
“No. It’s rude to ask those kinds of questions.”
“Why?” Tawk asked.
He could see Kade struggling to come up with an answer. “It just is.”
“I don’t have offspring because I haven’t found a mate to bear them for me and continue my line. You don’t have any offspring because you were meant for Jess, and you are a new pairing. There’s nothing weird about that.”
“We’re males,” Kade said. “It’s a harder question for women. Sometimes the answer hurts them to talk about.”
“You know something.”
“Don’t be a thief, Tawk. If you want information about her, ask her. You don’t want details about her that she didn’t offer.” Kade got up and clapped him on the back. “I’m glad you’re out of Sister’s Edge, man. Even if you can’t stay here, anywhere is better than that place.”
“Not shifter prison,” he pointed out.
“Cold Foot Prison was a good place to clear my head,” Kade said easily as he grabbed Jess’s hoodie off the back of a chair.
“Leaving?”
