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

three , and the kids had to be at least four

their mother visiting , as well ? No , Aurora said

Shes not .

Time for a snack in the kitchen , he

and I was left wondering why it felt so wrong for another

who slept in

pitched my

for me if he thought I was threatening the woman he saw as

to me about

wore the maddeningly cool , polite expression she

like a mask she used to

isnt visiting ,

head back to look at

children ? Chapter 20 AURORA 3/5 Dane

he would pin me

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

though he was close and his voice was low ,

He asked .

mean he wouldnt kill me in an instant if I gave an

I said

and eye contact as

I leaned forward and pushed against his

keep looking at them that

and backed away

his

he didnt entirely believe

kill me ? A

from mine

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

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

that he and Celia were speaking

shot me a small smile and went to tend

20 Id like to see the book

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

that ,

my grandmother

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