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

didnt look more than twenty three , and the kids

their mother visiting , as well ?

Shes not .

in

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

at Trajan , who slept in the

pitched my

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

me about

the maddeningly cool , polite expression she

used to hide her old

visiting , she

her head back to look at me

20 AURORA 3/5 Dane backed me

he would pin me there

ago loomed over me , trapped me ,

, even though he was close and his voice was low , he

He asked .

an instant if I gave an answer

I

kept my voice and eye contact

leaned forward and pushed against his chest with my

looking at them that way , youre going

frowned and backed away

his

didnt entirely believe me

kill me ? A knock came on the door

from mine

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

I

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

a small smile and went to

the

remembered him asking why he

wanted to do that , he could have

grandmother was right

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