And just like that, Big Tough Ronan Whatever melted like butter in a double-boiler. Such a cupcake.

Stacia smiled. "Wow, Harvard. That's really impressive," she said, with nothing but sincerity in her voice. Dollars to donuts that Ronan would shut down tighter than before if he so much as thought she might be making fun of him while he was having a genuine feeling. "Mine gets me, too. Even when he drives me crazy."

At least he'd finally stopped hunting alone and started taking backup with him, like a person with basic survival instincts. Ugh.