Xavier looked up at me, his lips parting, his eyes filling with tears. Acrux men didn’t cry. Father had beaten that impulse out of us years and years ago. I dropped down to my knees in front of him, catching his hand between mine. “You can tell me anything, Xavier,” I said seriously. He gripped me tightly, looking into my eyes like he was afraid to find a lie hiding there. “My Order emerged,” he breathed and the terror in his voice told me all I needed to about what had happened. “You’re not a Dragon?” I asked, my own voice cracking with fear for him. Father would have been more than furious
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