He seemed so at ease with her, Evie sort of wished she benefited a bit more from her own power, but she was quite used to such things at this point. She got into the car and was glad to be surrounded by four walls with some privacy, after being out in the open like that. Usually, she loved to be out in the air, especially at night, but that last experience had left her feeling rather unsettled.<br/><br/>"I should probably stay in the spare bedroom, until we work all this out." How would that look to her pack, if she just jumped right into the bed of the rival alpha? Any other alpha for that matter. He seemed well situated within his pack, but there were those in hers who still waited for her to stumble a bit. They had wanted one of the men her age to take over the position, there were several that were already stable and mated, but none possessed her unique abilities and Evie had managed to best each of them in hand-to-hand combat, among other trials. She was strong and able, but some of the elders still wanted to tear her down.<br/><br/>"You're making it sound quite a bit nicer than it was, the attack part. Someone hoped one of us would kill the other, and they had to know that would start some kind of turf war." She looked out the window for a moment and then back to him. This was an act of trust, that she agreed to come back to his home. "If I had invited you back to my house, would you have come?" She asked, curious as to what his answer would have been. She had a modest condo, much smaller than the house her parents had possessed. They still held pack meetings at her parent's place, it was a large home on decent size property in the suburbs of the city. She had opted to live nearer to the heart of the city.<br/><br/>"Someone did not want peace..."