The return trip at the end of the afternoon was silent. Jason was asleep in the back, and Evelyn was looking at Daemon from time to time.
His mood was… different. It was not heavy, but it was not light either. While most of the time he had a slight smile on his lips when with her, he was instead sporting an indifferent expression at the moment. It reminded her of the beginning of their interactions many years ago, but there was now an underlying coldness beneath that she didn't know he now had.
If she hadn't known him well enough, at least before he disappeared for years, she would not have noticed that detail. Silence came over her, as she had been hesitant to voice any question. Maybe it was only now that she was seeing just a bit of what he came back from the army with.
She might have been saying he changed, but only now was she really realizing that he did indeed change.
In that silence, the car arrived at her place.
"Let me."
