Jasmine's POV
The silence stretched between us like a taut wire ready to snap.
Ebony's eyebrows shot up, her gaze bouncing between Luis and me like she was watching a tennis match where the stakes were her entire world.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Ebony's voice cracked with confusion and growing panic. "Luis?"
She whirled toward him with such force I thought she might lose her balance.
"Please help me understand this. You told me you came from our realm, but did you know me there first? Because when I think about the children, about Jasmine and my brother..."
Her breath came out in a shuddering sigh. "Nothing makes sense anymore. Did we meet before? Were you hiding that you knew me as your mate?"
Luis might as well have been carved from stone. His hands remained locked together so tightly his knuckles had gone white.
