Xade’s pov

“Funny,” I managed to say in a strained tone.

“You hurt her not too long ago. Made her cry,” I pointed out, not wanting to hurt her but also wanting to show her that I could not take her word for it.

Her gaze drops and she looks like I have cut her deep with my words. “I had not intended to hurt her or make her cry,” her eyes lift and she has nothing to hide, showing me her regret and shame.

My reaction wasn’t fair to her, especially when she needs me the most,” she admits and looks behind me at the woods.

“How many are there around my house?”

I raised a brow, countering her with a question of my own. years have you known about my kind?”

How many

mine and since the first time she sets her eyes on me, she smiles.” Since I was

to awe at her strength and courage, something

for years as a hunter. Hunters are our sworn enemies, if she had been and she knew what I am, why hadn’t she stopped her daughter from being

sure sh had

just tell someone something like this and expect me to easily trust

“I confessed to you about being raised a hunter, I did not say I am one. I left that life when I met Avery’s dad, he had a fascination with your kind. He

the house. A home I had

a lot like

me bring my attention back to her,

intense and powerful. Xadeon. I know you’re his son,” she murmured, her eyes narrowing as she studies me. ” You have that same aura around

not really a stranger. But for some odd reason, I cannot remember you. But I

the air, like a piece of cheese dangling in the air to trap a mouse. In that case, I am the mouse and she has the bait in her hands, swinging it in plain sight. I watch the gears in

right was passed down to

in lying when the woman already knew about our world. “I grew up here, with Avery. We have known each other

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