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 ….

your children ? I

, and the kids had

mother visiting , as well ? No , Aurora

Shes not .

? Time for a snack in

, and I was left wondering why it felt so wrong for another man to carry them

at Trajan , who slept in the

pitched my voice low

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

lying to me about those children

maddeningly cool , polite expression she

was like a mask she used to hide her old face

mother isnt visiting ,

closer , until she had to tilt her head back to look at me , and growled , Ann , or Aurora , or whoever you are

Chapter 20 AURORA 3/5 Dane backed

would pin

he would have done years ago loomed

and his voice was low

He asked .

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

, I

my voice and eye contact

forward and pushed against his chest with my

you keep looking at them that

frowned and

matched his expression

didnt entirely believe me

wasnt he threatening to kill me ? A knock

eyes from mine and opened it

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

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

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

a small

20 Id like to see the book

words were unexpected , and I remembered him asking why he shouldnt just kill me and take it

he wanted to do that ,

grandmother was right

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