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 ?

look more than twenty three , and the kids

, as well ? No ,

Shes not .

for a snack in the

took the children and disappeared , and I was left wondering why it felt so wrong for another man to carry them

glanced at Trajan , who slept

my

make trouble for me if he thought I was

me about those children

wore the maddeningly cool , polite expression

like a mask she used to hide her

isnt visiting , she said

look at me , and growled

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

thought he would pin me

ago loomed over me

even though he was close and his voice was low , he didnt loom or threaten

He asked .

kill me in an instant if I gave an answer he

, I

voice and eye contact as

and pushed against

looking at them that

and backed away

matched his expression

didnt

me ? A knock came on the

from mine and opened

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

middle aged and not as unkind to me when I was part of Blue

gestured to the bed without speaking , and I gathered that he and Celia

, then shot me a small smile

like to see the book again ,

remembered him asking why he shouldnt just kill

do that , he

my grandmother was

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