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 ….

are your children

look more than twenty three , and the kids had to be at least

as well ? No , Aurora said

Shes not .

in the

the children and disappeared , and I was left wondering why

, who slept in

my

, a man like that would make trouble for me if he thought I was threatening the woman he saw as his

lying to me about

wore the maddeningly cool , polite expression she always wore

a mask she used to hide

mother isnt visiting , she

head back to look at me , and growled , Ann , or Aurora , or whoever

Chapter 20 AURORA 3/5 Dane backed me against

thought he would

ago loomed over me , trapped me , threatened me

he was close and his voice was low

He asked .

didnt mean he wouldnt kill me in an instant if

, I said

my voice and eye contact as steady as I

I leaned forward and pushed against his

looking at them that

and backed

his

could tell he didnt entirely

? A knock

tore his eyes from mine and

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

to me when I was part of Blue Ridge as

to the bed without speaking , and I gathered that he and Celia were speaking in their heads

shot me a small smile and went to tend

like to see the book again

were unexpected , and I remembered him asking why

if he wanted to do that ,

my grandmother

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