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 ….

children ? I asked

, and the kids had to

, as well ? No , Aurora said

Shes not .

Time for a snack in the kitchen , he

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

, who slept in the

my voice low

trouble for me if he thought I

lying to me about those

maddeningly cool , polite expression

used

isnt visiting , she said

look at me , and growled , Ann

? Chapter 20 AURORA 3/5 Dane

thought he would pin me

years ago loomed over me , trapped me , threatened

, even though he was close and his voice was

He asked .

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

, I

my voice and eye contact

against his chest

keep looking at them that way

frowned and backed

his expression

didnt

to kill me ? A knock

his eyes from

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

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

, and I gathered that he and Celia were

nodded , then shot me a small smile and went to tend

see the

remembered him asking why he shouldnt just kill me and

that , he could have

my grandmother was

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