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“Coming right up,” Annie said and ran toward the kitchen.
“I will help her,” Cassie said and stood up.
She walked over to me and kissed my cheek before following Annie to the kitchen.
I relaxed into Nick’s hold and leaned back on his chest.
“Are you tired, baby?” Nick asked me.
“No,” I shook my head and smiled. “I am waiting for the pancakes.”
Nick smiled at me and kissed the tip of my nose.
“Well, hello there, little witch,” I heard someone say.
I tensed up and looked to the living room door, where the voice came from. A woman in her sixties was standing there, looking at me with a smile on her face.
Who the hell was that?
CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT – Introduction
Gabriel’s POV
I turned around to look at Patricia. She was leaning on the door frame and smiling at Aria.
“I am glad to see you awake,” Patricia said as she started walking toward us.
She sat down opposite Aria and smiled at her warmly.
“Who are you?” Aria asked quietly.
“Patricia Jones,” Patricia said.
Aria gasped and looked at Nick.
I reached over the couch and placed my hands on her shoulders. She looked up at me with a confused expression on her face.
“Don’t worry, love, she won’t hurt you,” I said, smiling at her.
Aria looked back down at Patricia. “Why are you here?”
“To help,” Patricia said. “I want to defeat Victor.”
“She was the one who stitched up your wounds,” Nick said to Aria.
Aria gasped again. “Really?”
“Yes,” Patricia smiled. “I was a healer in my village.”
“Thank you, Patricia,” Aria said quietly.
“No need to thank me, beautiful,” Patricia responded. “Just be careful not to open the wounds. I will check them and clean them up until they heal.”
Aria nodded and remained silent. I know she had a lot of questions, but she was probably too shy to voice them. I opened my mouth to start explaining to her, but Patricia interrupted me.
“I know you are confused, and you have a lot of questions,” she started. “But before I start explaining, I have another important question for you.”
“Okay,” Aria said quietly and nodded.
