Xade’s pov

Murmurs rippled through the council like an uncontrollable bush fire. but one stern look from Alister and the room goes quiet.

I kept my expression neutral, refusing to let him see that he was getting under my skin.

“Tell me, boy.” Alister began, his voice sharp and cold. “What possessed you to put our kind in danger for some girl?”

My beast stirred and the air shifted in the room. Alister rose one brow

in surprise, sensing the shift in my body. “She’s not j sneered, unable to hold my tongue back.

“Xade.” Peter warned in a low hiss

me girl.” I

Alister’s eyes narrowed at my boldness while Dad stood rigid beside me, his posture a warning for me to calm down. Which I am finding

hard to do.

“Really?” Alister asked with boredom in his tone. “Then who is she to you? Enlighten us. We want to know who this human is to you to make you not think so clearly and jeopardize our lives”

“She’s-

a family friend for years.” Dad cuts in stiffly. “She’s like family despite her being human. When her father died. I became like a second dad to her She’s like a sister to Xade. Of course his instincts to protect her is very great which resulted

word, but I knew it was best Alister thought that

eyes had thickered to dad when he spoke and he seemed to be thinking. The silence in the room was suffocating as the rest of the

laughed a day in his life just from the way

looked at me with a wince. “Yes, as a sister, one of his blood,” Dad

no matter the cost

serious, his eyes now hard on dad. “You think the human girl is worth all this trouble?ven

the room chokes me. And then he replies, shocking everyone. “Yes.

if he had tasted something bitter and disgusting. “Exposing us all for one human girl!” He snarled, the

but I am trying to make you see why he lost control. He sees her as family and I have raised

contemplation before he looks over

And then he spoke coldly. “Your blind attachment to

gul nearly costed us our secrecy from the human world Our people were nearly

“I believe the boy is to be punished for bringing

battered breaths, including me. When his eyes returned to me and narrowed coldly I

Severe

“He commanded Peter who grew uncasy from his request, yet

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