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The “family room,” as Lyric called it, was cozy by royal standards, with buttery-soft leather sofas forh to seat all of the Order in residence and theirone side open for a projection TV that dominated the south wall The Hunters had a voracious appetite for docuram was currently paused on a documentary about the Cold War

Guess when you h Ajax preferred reality TV, no matter how many times we told him it wasn’t actually based in reality

Jocelyn shifted her weight besideintohis words

“So are you a witch or are you a va the silence

“I’ mine

“Do you still have your powers?” Alek asked, leaning back against the couch and draping an arm around Lyric

I wasn’t fooled by the passive, relaxed body language If he deemed Jocelyn a threat to our species, he’d crush her ht

Jocelyn glanced at me, and I nodded We’d had hours to discuss how to handle thisto the plan

“I haven’t spent a lot of tiic” A faint blush crept up her cheeks, and I smothered a smile, because I knew exactly how she’d spent her time since she’d woken up She released ic swirled from wrists to knuckles “I think it’s safe to say that I still have my powers”

My gaze juon to Talon, and fro on Haho still looked like shit There was no other nice way to say it, but at least he’d been convinced to join the conversation since Olivia was upstairs with a still speechless Avianna

Alek blinked, but that was his only physical reaction to Jocelyn's reveal

I felt Jocelyn’s nervousness through the bond and sent her a wave of reassurance No matter what happened in this room, she had me Was my cousin currently in possession of my lands? Absolutely, but that didn’t ainst everything I knew of him and threw us out, we’d have a roof over our heads

“But you did transition,” Ranso “Because you don’t exactly smell like one of us”

“I did,” she answered, baring her teeth in the most aard smile ever

Ransoht, even teeth

“I just don’t quite have control over when these things pop out, or I’d show you” Her nose crinkled

Ransom didn’t look convinced