Viola flushed and turned away from Zoe's prodding eyes as she answered, "We went to an amusement park." She had no reason to hide it, and if she was being honest, she had been quietly bursting to tell someone.
Zoe's gray eyes went wide and round, giving her the look of a startled doll, and then landed on the purple plushie sitting between the pillows on the bed. She reached over and snatched it up. "My brother took you to an amusement park and won you this?"
Viola nodded, and Zoe's lips pulled into a curious smile. "No wonder you smell so much like him lately. When I first woke up this morning, I thought hermano was in your room. Even now, you have his scent."
Zoe didn't think much about the scent of her brother on his wife because, just like everyone else in Silver, she believed her brother had marked his wife during their ceremony. But Viola, who was certain he hadn't marked her and that she wasn't supposed to carry his scent, fought the urge to sniff herself and frown.
