17- Nixon

"He's a fucking Fae"

Looking down on Harper's small frame I take in his soft features. The delicate line of his nose and soft full lips, the slight point to the tops of his ears and the way he smells.

"I'm not a Fae. I would have known if I was" Harper says.

"No baby, you wouldn't have known until you turn twenty in a few days." I tell him cupping his face in my hands. "We need to get you back to the house so I can have someone from the Fae council bring a healer to help you through the transition"

Griffin starts to laugh like a manic and we all turn to stare at him "Daniel was cast out for having an affair with my mom, he was stripped of his powers" he says through laughter "Harper here, is nothing more then a half breed mutt with fairy blood" He continues once he's caught his breath.

"Take him to a cell and bring his mother in" I instructed both Luca and Skyler. They leave with Griffin and I'm now standing alone in the room with Harper still held in my arms.

loosening my arms from