Chloe stirred awake to the sound of raised voices arguing.
“Hunter,” she murmured softly.
“Hey, are you okay?” he asked, brushing her cheek with a worried touch. “I didn’t know, Chloe…”
“I’ll fill her in,” the man claiming to be her father cut in. Hunter shifted, making room as the man perched on the edge of the bed. Chloe propped herself up slowly.
“Name’s Frank,” he said, then gesturing to another man. “This is Oliver, your brother. Your mom’s not dead, just gone. She’s been searching for you for years but lost track. It broke her, losing you, was part of a coven, witches with rules she broke by marrying me. They took you as punishment. We thought you were dead until a seer told Hunter’s dad about you.”
He turned to Hunter. “I tried explaining, but you were too caught up, thinking y
