Roxie suddenly remembered the whole mate-bond thing.  It had been in the back of her mind, but when he accidentally touched her, it came clearly to the front.  She had probably come to accept it a little more than he had, but it was clear the idea of it all was making him nervous and uncomfortable.  She had never really seen him like that, he was always confident and able to handle what life threw at him.  Wise, even.  And now he was acting like a scared teenage boy.<br/><br/>"It's okay."  She assured him as she sat down across from him.<br/><br/>"So I'm just going to put this out there, because in all the years I've known you, I've never seen you jump like that..."  Roxie began.  "Seeing you again, being near you again...I think it triggered the mate-bond.  I...You have to realize I was super pissed about it, at first, because I was still under the impression that you had screwed my mother...but now..."  Now she wasn't sure how she felt, but it was anywhere near as negative.