As Zag entered the room, I saw him smile at Val, but she gave him another of the arctic gazes she’d used to blow him off when they first met. I kept a straight face when Zag looked over to see if I’d noticed her reaction. It did my heart good to see that as big and tough as Zag was, something of a human heart lurked inside his chest. Being as intense as he is can’t be good for you, and if something managed to keep him from becoming insufferably cocky, he might just turn out to be all right.