"Maell, what are Aysling and Rose up to? They couldn’t stand each other before, and now they’re best friends,” Niall asked his brother irritably, both sitting in the back seat of the car on their way to the lab.

“I don’t know, but they’re definitely up to something, that’s for sure,” Maell replied, his brow furrowed as well.

Both were jealous because yesterday, and all night, Rose hadn’t paid them any attention.

She had spent all her time with Aysling—she had even slept in her attic!

“Do you think it’s about the plan to rescue that damn egg that I’m already sick of? Weren’t we supposed to corner the head researcher today to get all the information out of him?” Niall kept interrogating Maell.

“I already told you I don’t know. Stop ruining my day even more! If it were about Aysling’s mate, I suppose we would have been invited.”

“I’m so damn frustrated! Aysling got into Rose’s apartment before we did! I don’t even know why I listened to your stupid ‘friends with benefits’ idea! We should