Chapter 20 DANE Everything in me went numb .

Time stopped .

I stared .

The children froze , as well .

They looked at me curiously .

I thought I heard Auroras breath catch for an instant .

Then she was between me and the children .

She took them each by the hand and knelt in front of them .

Uncle Trajan is hurt , but hell be all right .

Its not a good time to see him right now , but maybe in a few hours when his wolf has had time to heal him , okay ? The boy nodded .

The girl peered around her mothers shoulder at me curiously .

Aurora , I said through a clenched jaw .

Whose children are those ? Just then , a man came barreling down the hall .

He scooped the children into his arms and shot Aurora an apologetic grin .

Sorry .

They got away from me .

Dane , Aurora said quickly , gesturing at the newcomer .

You remember my cousin , Evander .

That was right .

When I heard a child cry the other day she said .

Chapter 20 2/5 her cousin had just arrived from Europe .

It could explain the girls dark hair and eyes , but not why she looked so much like Aurora .

And the boy ….

your children ? I

look more than twenty three , and the kids had

, as well ? No ,

Shes not .

in the kitchen , he said

and I was left wondering why it felt so

Trajan , who slept in the

my voice

would make trouble for me if he thought I was

lying to me about those

, polite expression

was like a mask she used

visiting , she said

she had to tilt her head back to look at me , and growled , Ann , or Aurora , or

? Chapter 20 AURORA 3/5 Dane backed me against a wall

thought he would

he would have done years ago loomed over me , trapped me ,

and his voice

He asked .

kill me in an instant if I gave an answer he didnt like

I

and eye contact as steady as

I leaned forward and pushed against his chest with my

that way , youre going

and backed away

his expression

he didnt entirely believe me

kill me ? A knock

from mine

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

me when I was part of Blue Ridge as many of the

to the bed without speaking , and I gathered that he

me a small smile and went to tend

like to see the book again ,

, and I remembered him asking why he shouldnt just kill me and take

he wanted to do that , he

grandmother

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