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-

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

word, but I knew it was best Alister thought

seemed to be thinking. The silence in the room

room grew cold. I had a feeling that the man never laughed a day in

members exchanged uneasy glances while Peter looked at me with a wince. “Yes, as a sister, one of his blood,” Dad said firmly and steadily despite the tension in

matter the cost don’t you

grows serious, his eyes now hard on dad. “You think the human girl is worth all

grows taut and the silence in the room chokes me. And then he replies, shocking everyone. “Yes. As

he had tasted something bitter and disgusting. “Exposing us all for one

lost control. He sees her as family and

in contemplation before he looks

he spoke coldly. “Your blind attachment to

nearly costed us our secrecy from the human world Our

believe the boy is to be punished for bringing us to the brink of disaster.” He spoke firmly, his voice traveling around the

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

Severe

“He commanded Peter who grew uncasy from his request,

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