CHAPTER 37: ZANDER'S BIRTHDAY

"What are you hiding, James?" Julia asked. For the past couple of hours, she could sense his distress, something was bothering her brother-in-law. James was so taken with her question he almost swerved off the road. "Easy, are you trying to get us killed?" Julia held her chest as she settled in the chair behind him.

"I thought I was the only one who sense that he is hiding something," Isis added. She was sitting in the passenger's seat.

"Is it that obvious?"

"I'm a telepath, of course, I can tell you're hiding something from us - so you might as well tell me before I fish it from your head - I was told by a few werewolves that it hurts," Julia giggled.

"I'm afraid if Hazel finds out she'll hate me."

"I raised that girl and she has the biggest most forgiving heart in the world, plus she could never hate you, James. You're her hero - you know she cried every night for three years after you disappeared."

James' eyes got teary. "And I didn't remember her, I couldn't," he sniffled. "Som