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 .

was going into the

enough to knock her back

out and

Im

been so

thats not an excuse

woman looked up

was wearing a large hat , and as soon as I saw her face beneath the brim ,

had been my nanny at the Broken Forest

time , she was one of the few good ones

The older womans face broke into a smile

little Ann

you have the same silvery hair and

came every time I heard that name

, now

Aurora DeVere .

fingers to

my darling

,

Thats wonderful .

longed to take

, and

up

have coffee together

that , she

hear all about everything

coffee and

as much about my life as I could , then asked , What about you ?

tending just turned fourteen , so the family let

jobs right

set down my

Nanny Mary

39 4/6 Mary , please , she said

She smiled .

at least old enough to be my mother but she was still beautiful and young looking

I said

for I caught myself before saying my own children even though if she worked for me long enough , shed figure it

some children living in my home

old twins , a boy and a girl

her hands together

to

if were a

be wonderful

your address , Ill

least one thing in this terrible week was going

, it was as if Mary had been part of

the house was ten

in my home office , studying the old

weather had been cool and rainy lately

left forearm , which prickled sometimes when the weather changed

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