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Sometimes Jules really envied how well Liam could lie when he wanted to. His scent didn’t betray him at all, remaining steady, with an undertone of confusion. Jules had never been that good of a liar, but thankfully his suppressants made his scent faint, which made reading him difficult.

Eric was the one Jules worried about the most. Although Eric didn’t know everything about the Xeus, there were other things Eric did know, and Jules wasn’t sure he could trust his baby brother not to betray them with a clumsy lie.

So Jules cut in hurriedly, “If there was anything stolen, we didn’t hear a thing, Uncle. Eric and I were playing video games in his room until early morning—you know we get carried away when we play e-sports.”

Eric nodded and, thankfully, remained quiet.

“What happened?” Jules said, because it would have been stranger if he didn’t ask.

Uncle Wayne gave him a long, scrutinizing look.

Jules held his gaze, hoping his face didn’t betray him. He knew he would be his uncle’s main