Chapter 39 AURORA In the confusion of the attack on Connell , Dane and I both forgot about the amulet .

Once it was clear Connell was alive but not going to regain consciousness , I returned home with Trajan and Evander .

When I told my grandmother I wasnt the chosen , she got very terse .

Then she hung up on me .

My hands trembled as I set my phone down , but I chose to push her reaction from my mind .

She hadnt called me home .

That meant Id keep moving forward .

The children arrived home that evening , and the next day I spent re examining the journal and the page Esther had given me as Trajan stood just inside my door , dutiful and quiet as he always was .

I didnt turn up anything new .

Argh ! Im a pirate Alpha ! The twins came running into my room .

Tristan had a wooden sword and was chasing Seraphina , who screamed with laughter .

Mommy , save me ! she giggled .

Chapter 39 I smiled and set the book aside , scooping her up .

I was more than glad for a distraction .

Youll never take us alive , pirate Alpha ! Come on , Trajan ! Help me be a pirate ! Tristan called .

2/6 Ill keep watch on the ship from here , Alpha Caplain , Trajan replied stoically .

But I could see the small smile on his face .

We ran around the room , laughing and playing until Evander showed up a few minutes later .

Goddess , theyre fast , he panted .

I just wanted to take a shower .

I thought they were watching a movie .

I smiled .

Evander was excellent with the children , but he was a pack warrior , not a full time nanny like Mrs.

Melville had been .

Finding her replacement wouldnt be easy .

Youre doing great , Evander .

Thank you .

He took the kids to eat lunch and I sat down to work again , but I couldnt seem to focus .

I decided to go to the High Alpine offices in Atlanta and do some work there , instead .

Trajan drove me .

the office , I bumped

older woman hard enough to

reached out and steadied her

Im so

so

but thats

woman looked up at me

and as soon as I saw her face beneath the brim , I

my nanny at the Broken Forest pack house

all my hazy memories from that time , she was one

older womans face broke

be little

you have the same silvery hair and those pretty

the involuntary flinch that came every time I heard

,

Aurora DeVere .

her fingers

, my

did escape , after all

Thats wonderful .

you how much I longed to take you out of that

and I

come up

have coffee

love that , she said

all about everything thats

and we had coffee and

her as much about my life as I could , then asked , What about

just turned fourteen

jobs right now

down my teacup

, Nanny Mary

39 4/6 Mary ,

She smiled .

at least old enough to be my mother but she

I said

my own children even though if she worked for me long enough , shed figure it out

some children living in

year old twins , a boy and a girl

clapped her hands together

Id love to come and meet them

can see if were a

wonderful ,

assistant your address , Ill have Trajan come pick

thing in this terrible week was going

Mary had been

and suddenly the

sat in my home office , studying the old journal again

had been cool and rainy lately

the scar on my left forearm , which prickled

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