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

, and the kids had

mother visiting , as well ? No , Aurora said

Shes not .

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 carry them

, who slept in the bed

my voice low

would make trouble for me if he thought I was threatening the woman he saw

me about those

maddeningly cool , polite expression she always wore now

like a mask she used to hide her old face

mother isnt visiting , she

at me , and growled , Ann , or Aurora

those my children ? Chapter 20 AURORA 3/5 Dane backed

would pin me

loomed over me , trapped

his voice was low , he didnt loom

He asked .

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

, I said

contact as steady as

against his chest with my

you keep looking at them that

and

matched his expression

could tell he didnt entirely believe me

to kill me ? A knock

from mine

Celia stood there .

I remembered her .

as unkind to me when I was part of Blue Ridge as many of the

, and I gathered that he and Celia

shot me a small smile and went to tend Trajan

see the book again , Dane said

unexpected , and I remembered him asking why

if he wanted to do that , he could have already

my grandmother was

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