Chapter 255

Grandfather?

Confusion flits through me as I look at the men surrounding him. What is Mom’s

father doing here?

“Lawrence,” Dad says, sounding uneasy. He’s clearly as confused as I am right now.

He stands there, hands in his pockets, ignoring Dad.

I hear the sound of several people running towards us from behind.

We’re circled…

“Shift and give her something to wear,” Lawrence commands, but even his command.

is unnervingly relaxed. Almost as if he fears nothing.

I shift into human form, pulling forward my aura as a shield as someone tosses a top

at me, I pull it on extremely fast, staring at the man I have not seen since I was a

child. Why is he even here?

Wait. Mom said this! Right before she died, she said ‘My father took him‘. With

everything going on, I was more stuck on the names I didn’t get from her rather than

focusing on the information that she had told me.

I was so caught up with who she was trying to name, and the boy in the woods.

Goddess, how did I miss such an important factor…

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Don’t be hard on yourself. Zaia… you’ve had a lot going on. I tell myself.

“What is the meaning of this?” Dad asks sharply.

“None of your concern, Hugh. None of your goddamn concern.” He says in his strong southern accent,

his silvery eyes piercing into mine. “This is between my

granddaughter and myself.”

“Do you know that Mom’s dead?” I ask coldly. “Not that you care, right? You left Grandmother and Mom

without looking back.”

“She dug her own grave. She knew what she had to do… but she failed. Right up until the very end…

she failed me and has taken the location of one of my treasures with her to the grave. Something I

gave her to safe keep. You wouldn’t know anything about it now, would you?” His eyes darken, but I

remain impassive, unmoving as I hold his gaze, my aura surging around us.

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