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"Thank you," I whispered

He shrugged, averting his eyes to the cohosts beneath us

"You look just like aze reh… if I rehtly, you have your mother’s eyes"

I nodded curtly I still couldn’t quite believe that I was sitting before Lucas, my uncle

"I have a sister, too A twin sister Rose"

At this, Lucas’ eyes widened "How did you ever end up in this place?" he wondered

I really wasn’t in the a, so it sufficed to say, "It’s a long story"

"Hm," he muttered "And you spoke of… my sister’s newborn? Sh-She became a human? Who is the father?"

"Yes, o," I replied "Xavier is the father Xavier Vaughn"

"Ah" For the first time, a smile crossed his face A faint one, but a smile nonetheless "Xavier only ever did have eyes for her… She was just too blind to see it"

Now I asked another question "When you first saw ot… confused"

It was clear that was all the explanation he was going to offer me, so I was left to my own speculation about this

A span of silence followed as Lucas drifted into his own thoughts My mind turned back to Vivienne It seeenuine affection for her, as opposed to my father The only reason she and Lucas had clashed was because of my father My aunt would invariably take my father’s side and that hat had caused the rift between them Otherwise, I knew that my aunt had loved Lucas too He was, after all, her older brother