32HolleyOnce they were out of the room, I looked at Killian, my eyes wide. “That was incredible!” I said. “I didn't know you could charm them so easily!”
“I didn't either,” Killian said, blinking after them. He shook his head, thinking back over it all.
Personally, I kind of had the feeling that Dad had had his mind made up even before we'd all sat down to talk after dinner though. Maybe it was the coloring book, or Killian's helping Cole cut up his pasta at dinner. Or maybe it was the way Killian had been able to make me laugh a few times during the meal. Whatever it was … well...
Killian smiled over at me. “They weren't half as bad as you made them out to be,” he joked.
I laughed. “They're not bad, they're just protective. Especially since I had to come to them at eighteen and tell t
