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 ?

more than twenty three , and

, as well ?

Shes not .

Time for a snack in the kitchen , he said

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

at Trajan , who slept in

my voice

, a man like that would make trouble for me if

to me about those children

maddeningly cool , polite expression she always

was like a mask she used to hide her old

isnt visiting , she

had to tilt her head back to look at me , and growled ,

children ? Chapter 20 AURORA 3/5 Dane backed me

he would pin me there

years ago loomed over me , trapped me ,

and his voice

He asked .

in an instant if

I said

contact as steady as I could

I leaned forward and pushed against

if you keep looking at them that

frowned and

his expression

he didnt entirely believe

kill me ?

tore his eyes from mine and opened it

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

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

, and I gathered that he and Celia were speaking in their heads through the

me a small smile and

20 Id like to see the book again ,

asking

to do that , he

grandmother was right

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