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I snorted. “Both?”
“Old habits are hard to break,” was all she said. “His da treated him that way so they did too. Guess that’s changing now you’re insisting on boundaries?”
“You have a problem with that?” I growled.
“No,” she said slowly. “I’ll be glad for Conor if anything. They put too much on him and I know he’s been tired lately.”
“How do you know that?”
“I have eyes. Plus, he just seems weary. That could be your fault—”
“Charming.”
“—because he looks the brightest I’ve seen him since I met him, but it’s more than likely to do with his workload.
“Which is where the kettle and the pot clash because your workload can’t be classified as light.”
I hitched a shoulder. “Maybe not, but we start as we mean to go on.”
She hummed. “I suppose.”
“You suppose, what?”
“Just wondering what brought this on.”
“Conor and I are a team,” was my staunch retort. “You watch out for your teammate. You have their six when they don’t protect themselves. You don’t let others take advantage of them.”
“I know how teams work, Star,” she drawled.
“Do you?” I mocked. “I’d never have guessed seeing as you’re as much of a lone wolf as I am.”
“We’re a team in our own way,” she disregarded. “You just prefer to think of yourself as a solitary alpha female when you know full well you can call on me any time, any place.”
Unease settled inside me because this was too much like my recent conversations with Conor.
I didn’t answer, just squeezed her arm with my own. She wasn’t to know that I was trying to change that part of my nature and that that change came with making sure Conor's generosity wasn’t used or abused.
“Are you nervous?” she queried, surprising me by allowing the previous subject to drop.
“Why would I be?”
“You’re about to meet the matriarch.”
“Thought I already met her.” Her bewildered frown prompted me to add, “Aoife.”
Her lips twitched. “Not me?”
I snorted. “No. You’re not matriarch material.”
“You’re so great for my ego.”
“I try. But don’t make it out like you’re miffed when we both know you’re not.”
She shrugged. “You could at least pretend to make me feel better about myself.”
“That’s Aidan’s job. Not mine.”
“Why did I miss you again?”
