Chapter 82

The Moonlit Meadow was filled with silver light, which made the old trees cast long, spooky shadows. It had become Ethan's safe place, a place where he could sort through the chaos of feelings that had taken over him since Gabriel told him the truth.

Amelia stood next to him with her eyes on the moon. Her presence helped heal his broken heart.

"I never expected this," she said in a whisper.

Ethan nodded, never taking his eyes off the moon. "I didn't either. But sometimes life takes turns you didn't expect."

Amelia turned around to face him and looked into his eyes. "Ethan, there's something you need to know. I haven't told you everything about myself or my past."

His heart beat faster. "What are things?"

She looked like she was about to tell a well-kept secret by the way her lips parted. But then they had to stop talking because they heard something in the bushes.

Ethan's senses went on high alert, and he crouched down and pulled Amelia behind him into a protective position. Isabella