59. Choices

Greg's eyes were locked on the Soul Healer's as she scanned him to see his reaction. The doctor let nothing show what he was feeling and the old woman smiled when she saw that he wasn't the kind of man to be easily unsettled. She broke the eye contact when she realized she wouldn't win their little battle, then turned to Connor who also had greeted the news with coolness even though she felt he was restraining himself not to explode.

"Why would they try to hurt my man? I'm not interested in their clan. My grandmother never told me anything. I doubt she ever told my father anything about that either. At least, he never mentioned that his mother was anything other than just a human. We have always lived as civilians. "

"It looked like the Autumn that I knew, indeed. She was determined to cut all ties with her family and her clan. However, it doesn't matter. You are the last descendant of the real leader's lineage.