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attitude on his voice but I guess that would have been expected of him and he just went on ignoring us after that by whistling ahead at Kole and tossing a gold coin in his direction at the same time.
    Kole caught it instantly before he even turned around and laughed while he did. “You’ve been thinking of that all day, haven’t you?!”
    “A good portion. I actually made a list so you better get started.”
    Kole was stopped before he could reply when my father and Trever walked over side-by-side and interrupted the steady balance of separation between the groups.
    “Zayden, may we have a word with you?”
    Zayden’s eyes glanced around and started to get out of his chair, making me move from his lap. “Yeah. Sure.”
    “Zayden.” I grabbed his arm to stop him from taking another step from me.
    “Adele, you’re doing it again.” My father smiled.
    I looked back at Zayden and he could probably sense my worry. “It’s all right, Love. Stay here.”
    My father nodded to the advice and Zayden slowly pulled from my arm, following them farther from hearing distance.
    I still had my eyes directed that way, cautious about what was happening.
    “Adele, blink, would you?” Kole said. “They’re not going to hurt him. Like I said, things you’ll need to know before the big secret is out.”
    I finally moved my eyes by narrowing them and turning them to Kole. “You don’t really believe that, do you?”
    “I believe it enough to know what they’re telling him.” Kole smiled, sharing a glance with Ryon only feet away.
    “What?” Troy asked, curious like everyone.
    “You really want to know?”
    Eyes moved towards the east of Zayden’s escape and my curiosity had risen for the answer.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
     
    Zayden
     
    I wasn’t worried about this as I walked behind Aleksander and Trever but I was curious.
    “What is this about?”
    “We’re sorry to pull you away like this.” Trever said. “But we didn’t think this would be something you’d want done as a group.”
    “What?” I hated having to ask it again.
    “There are some things you should know before you get home.” Aleksander said.
    “Well, really only one thing but it’s still important.”
    I stood wondering if they were going to be all night about this or finally get around to telling me whatever it is they want to tell me.
    “Is this about my father?”
    “Of sorts. It’s about how much you don’t know him and the one thing he’s always kept from you; your mother.”
    Confusion immediately struck across my face but I instantly retaliated with certainty in the false information they must have received. “No. You must not know of what you speak. That couldn’t be true. She died having me.”
    They shared one of those looks again and Aleksander stepped in with a question. “Your father told you the story of our past. Did he not tell you that’s how he met your mother?”
    I was a little surprised and admit that I let the conversation continue by answering. “No, he didn’t tell me. He doesn’t talk about her and I don’t ask. My mother is dead.” I said it very clearly and bluntly while taking a step forward to make my point. “He wouldn’t have lied to me about that.”
    “Zayden, listen to me when I say, she is alive and she may not be what you’d expect.”
    I wanted to walk away. I didn’t want to think of any of this yet there was still something that kept me falling deeper in conversation that I hoped I wouldn’t regret. “What do you mean?”
    “The reason he kept her hidden from you.” Trever said. “All those rumors that surfaced while you were young. He did it because she’s Kaluian.”
    I was blind-sided by shock and left almost speechless. I couldn’t believe to think it were true but still, I kept being pulling farther in the longer I lingered and let it last. “That’s impossible. He wouldn’t—she’s dead.”
    I wondered if saying it over and over to myself would make it