Chapter 17

All of that is true,” he agreed. “But he hates something more than that.”

She raised an eyebrow. “And that is?”

He met her gaze. “Me.”

“You? Because when you two were in the tournament? He won already.”

And you lost. She didn’t say it, but she wanted to.

Her father and Master Aurora had been in the dragon tournament together. Aurora was now in the Society, and her father was not. The end. The whole story.

“Yes, he won, and we’ve had a feud ever since,” he said evenly. “I fear that he might have discovered that I am your father.”

“And?”

“And he would take you into his household to hurt me.”

She shook her head. “Do you hear yourself? Nothing you are saying makes sense. One, wherever I go couldn’t possibly hurt you because you abandoned me. You left me at the doorstep of Witches Mountain and walked away. You have no feelings on the matter. And two, Master Aurora would never select me when he hates half-Fae. He was the person who convinced the Society to put down the rebellions five years