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"You did not tell her about , but it was drowned out by the blood rushing in my ears He was furious, uncontrollably so

I felt Reyes, but he didn’t appear with his raging anger like I orried he would He revealed hierously

I had no idea what he could do to Angel, nor did I want to find out

Placing my hand on the one he had wrapped around ly "Sweetheart, I know you’re angry But she figured it out on her own, hon Just like I told you she would"

Reyeshilanced to the side, applied one last ounce of pressure to er consume him

"I’ht where he was, hovering incorporeally close by

Evangeline looked on, a slight rush of terror surging inside her

I held on to my throat and shook "

"Please stop lying tobreaths, then focused on Angel He had never, in all the years we’d been together, raised a hand againstand I was no longer going to pretend otherwise I would take full responsibility, but I would not be treated that way "Why are you so against this?" I asked hieline asked, hope sparkling in her eyes "Is he here?"

"Tell her no," he said, glowering at me "Tell her he’s not here He’s never been here"

"I won’t do that She already knows" I stepped to him "She’s smart, hon, just like you toldhis jaw in resenture it out"

"That you’re here?" I put a hand on his shoulder as Evangeline held both of hers to her heart

The glare he cast s seized under the weight of it "That I’m not her son"

It was ht out ofto absorb what he’d said Trying to figure it out "What are you talking about?" I asked him at last "Then just who are you?"