" Let me in there" Xanda growled to Blane. Blane looked thoroughly amused by the whole thing. He whistled a happy tune as he went to the cell door with a key. I am sure the man was a little loose in the head. He certainly acted crazed. He flung the door open and Xanda's father stepped back from the bars. Not before he flung another murderous glare my way. Honestly, it didn't bother me. My first thoughts about seeing Xanda's father was that he was an older version of Xanda. But he wreaked like rot, like the evil was rotting his core.
I wasn't sure if Xanda would openly claim me in front of his father, but he hadn't even thought about it. It had cracked another piece of my armor from around my heart. I know how much Xanda has tried to prove his worth to his father for years. For him to so
