Page 104 of His Sunshine Baby

“According to my observations, waking up at 6:00 a.m. to train the kids, going to the hospital every day, then to your classes until 6:00 p.m., to the library until 10:00 p.m. and only going to bed around 11:00 p.m. will do that to anyone, babe.”

I rest my head on Danny’s shoulder, closing my eyes for a while. Damn, I could really use a nap right now.

“How about this?”

I jump, surprised to hear a feminine voice. I calm down when I recognize Daniel’s colleague, though: Sylviana, an odd woman with crimson hair and a gentle smile. She’s handing me a little wooden box that smells good. I grab it.

“Hi, Sylviana. What is this?”

“Just some tea to relieve fatigue, a little.”

“Thanks…”

She smiles at me, and turns to Daniel, talking about one of their experiments. I’ve only seen Sylviana a few times before, but I always get a strange feeling about her. Maybe it’s her green eyes. For some reason, I sometimes get the impression that their color changes with the light. But they look normal when she’s chatting with Daniel.

“Yeah, I’ll transfer it to you later. Thanks, Syl.”

“You’re welcome. See you later!”

She walks away, her long skirt floating a little with the wind. I watch her go until she enters one of the science faculty’s greenhouses.

“Don’t you think she’s a bit weird?” I ask Danny.

“That sounds mean, babe.”

“No, like… I don’t know, she feels a bit strange, don’t you think? I mean, she sometimes has a wolf’s smell on her.”

“Sylviana smells super good, and she’s obviously not a werewolf! Maybe she knows other werewolves, but she’s human, I don’t know what you’re thinking about.”

Still, I can’t shake that odd feeling about her. It’s nothing wrong, but my wolf is always alert when Sylviana is nearby. Daniel finishes his sandwich and licks his fingers, then turns to me.

“Anyway, no studying tonight, babe, you need to rest a bit, okay? If you’re dozing off in class it’s not going to help, all right?”

“Yeah, yeah… But I’ll drop by the cemetery after class. It’s been a while since I went to change the flowers.”

“Go with Levi.”

I roll my eyes.

“Seriously? Since when is your brother my bodyguard?”

“He’s your alibi!”

“I don’t need Levi to be glued to me all day! Diego has been backing off these days, all right?”

“Only because of my genius plan!” insists Daniel.

Seriously, what genius plan? It’s a stupid plan. Ever since Levi posed as my boyfriend in front of Diego, Daniel has insisted that we keep up the act. It’s not that hard anyway, Levi and I have always been close. What I don’t like is the feeling that I’m giving Levi false hope and using him to keep Diego at bay. He’s assured me that he doesn’t mind and understands a thousand times, but still.

“I’ll go alone, Danny. Levi’s probably busy with the patrol anyway, and Diego is not going to follow me all the way to the cemetery; even he is not that nuts.”

Probably.

“What about Reagan?” asks Danny.

“Avoiding me again.”

I’m so used to it that I don’t even care anymore. Since she scolded me along with Clark for leaving the territory, my mentor has been set on watching me from afar. Probably because of Diego, too. But my ex strangely hasn’t approached me for a while. Not that I’m going to complain about not seeing him, though. I just don’t like not knowing what he’s been up to.

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