“I need to talk to you two,” I demanded.
Angel swallowed and looked away. His shoulders slumping. “As you wish.”
Tydeus didn’t turn away from me. He kept eye contact and nodded. “I did leave out the fact that though I’m deeply in love with Juniper, she has no idea who I am, didn’t I?”
“Yes, you did.”
Tydeus’s smile never wavered. “When I first met Juniper I was young and brash. I was present at one of her cleansing ceremonies and I saw for myself the glitter of her soul. I fell in love with her, at first sight, that day and vowed to always protect her, no matter what.”
“A protector from the shadows?” I shuddered. “That makes you sound like a stalker.”
His eyes clouded and he glanced at the ground. “I didn’t see it at the time. But yes, my reactions do resemble that. I stumbled onto t
