#Chapter 72: Marcus Seeks Advice

Marcus hesitates outside his mother's office, wondering if he really should open this can of worms. Jeanette has not been particularly approving of Evelyn until very recently, after his father's poisoning. He knows that she values Evelyn as a doctor, but perhaps she will feel differently if she knows that her son just proposed to the woman. Marcus bites his lip, reconsidering. "Marcus, are you going to stand out there all day, or are you going to come in?" Jeanette calls from inside. "I can hear you, you know." Well. There's no escape now. Sighing, Marcus opens the door and steps inside, closing it behind him. Jeanette is behind her desk, reading glasses perched on her nose. "Honestly, Marcus," she says with fond exasperation. "Sometimes I think my own children forget that I'm a werewolf, too. I'm not so old that I can't hear when my son is shifting and dawdling right outside my door." "I'm sorry, Mother," Marcus says. He stands, not saying anything further. Uncharac