Redhawk Caldera you don't get me high anymore

His befuddled reaction was so authentic that Raven immediately felt guilty for being rather terse with him. She blinked, trying to quell the hope blossoming in her chest and failing. Did Kaizer believe her? Although her mother's refusal to hear her out had definitely sunk her morale, Raven remembered that her uncle had given her the benefit of the doubt too. Maybe the rest of the pack wouldn't follow Fox's example and ostracize her. Her heartbeat quickened.

"No," she repeated emphatically but with significantly less waspishness in her tone. Now, there was gratitude for the opening. "I'm not pregnant. I know it looks that way but I swear I'm not." Her ears skidded backward slightly at his overly personal question. Normally, she wouldn't have readily talked so intimately about herself but she was happy to tell him, "I've never even been with a man. And I haven't had a heat yet, either."