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-

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 into him not being able to think as

at the word, but I knew it was best Alister thought

to be thinking. The silence in the room was suffocating as the rest of the

chuckled and the room grew cold. I had a feeling that the man never laughed a day in his life

at me with a wince. “Yes, as a sister, one of

no matter the cost don’t

dad. “You think the human girl is worth all this trouble?ven worth the

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

and disgusting. “Exposing us all for one human girl!” He snarled, the veins in his neck and forehead casting through his skin. “And

not condoning anyone but I am trying to make you see why he lost control. He sees her as family and I have

leaned back in contemplation before he

coldly. “Your blind attachment to

us our secrecy from the human world Our people were nearly exposed because of your heroism to save

to be punished for bringing us to the brink of disaster.”

me. When his eyes returned to

Severe

out Rose “He commanded Peter who grew uncasy from his

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