Chapter 196

The more he spoke and the more he shared, the heavier my heart pounded. Had I not had the support of Adan holding me up, I would have crumbled to the ground. My head was a mist of confusion and making sense of everything he was saying struck me with a fierce pain through my temples. He continued as if he were telling us nothing more important than his daily routine, "For a halfblooded mongrel, I had come to the conclusion that he had either done his research or he had been taught well by his mother." This wasn't the first time he had spoken about Carmen and with each mention, his body would involuntarily twitch ever so slightly and had he not have held my full attention, I wouldn't have noticed it. "And wouldn't she have been proud had you have actually managed to do it."